Positive bias in maintenance of self-worth among children with LD

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-32

  Bear, George G ^a   Minke, Kathleen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030306254     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1511050     Document Type: Article

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