Children’s classroom peer relationships and early school attitudes: Concurrent and longitudinal associations

Early Education and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-66

  Ladd, Gary W ^a   Coleman, Cynthia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0002789982     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15566935eed0801_5     Document Type: Article

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