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Publication Date: 1993
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Empirical Study of Mental Health Professionals' Knowledge and Attitudes towards the Concept of Age Appropriateness.
Matson, Johnny L.; And Others
Mental Retardation, v31 n5 p340-45 Oct 1993
Responses of 100 mental health and mental retardation professionals to a questionnaire concerning the concept of age appropriateness in services for people with mental retardation showed that, although most respondents believed in the concept's importance in treatment success, they differed on definitions and applications of the concept. (DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes, Beliefs, Definitions, Intervention, Knowledge Level, Mental Health Programs, Mental Retardation, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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