Low-Income Children's Attitudes Toward Mentally Retarded Children: Effects of Labeling and Academic Behavior.

Budoff, Milton; Siperstein, Gary N.

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ERIC Number: EJ183392

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Publication Date: 1978

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Low-Income Children's Attitudes Toward Mentally Retarded Children: Effects of Labeling and Academic Behavior

Budoff, Milton; Siperstein, Gary N.

American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 82, 5, 474-9, Mar 78

Effects of the label "mentally retarded" and academic competence on 96 low-income sixth-grade children's attitudes toward peers were examined. (Author)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Exceptional Child Research, Intermediate Grades, Labeling (of Persons), Mental Retardation, Peer Acceptance, Student Attitudes

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