Emotional and behavioural difficulties: Is this a useful category? The implications of clustering and co-morbidity - The relevance of a taxonomic approach

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 45-55

  Kershaw, Patricia ^a   Sonuga Barke, Edmund ^b  

^a Pupil and Parent Support   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0009716379     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.53841/bpsecp.1998.15.4.45     Document Type: Article

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