Vulnerability to Loneliness in People with Intellectual Disability: An Explanatory Model

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 192-199

  Gilmore, Linda ^a   Cuskelly, Monica ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotional isolation; Friendship; Intellectual disabilities; Loneliness; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027921999     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jppi.12089     Document Type: Article

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