Does Visual Impairment Lead to Lower or Higher Levels of Success in Solving Developmental Tasks? - A Longitudinal Study

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 579-595

  Pinquart, Martin ^a   Pfeiffer, Jens P ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blindness; Career development; Developmental tasks; Peer relations; Romantic relationship; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886599640     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-013-9334-4     Document Type: Article

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