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Dystans społeczny wobec osób z upośledzeniem umysłowym jako czynnik determinujący ich marginalizację
Social distance to mentally disabled people as a determinant of their marginalization

Author(s): Zenon Gajdzica
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: social distance; mental retardation/intellectual disability; marginalization

Summary/Abstract: The text presents the research into social distance towards people with mental retardation in two environments: the multicultural and monocultural ones. The presentation of studies has been preceeded by a brief introduction on social concepts of disability, with particular regard for intellectual impairment and the description of distancing in the multicultural environment.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 38 (1)
  • Page Range: 83-92
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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