The "Things I Worry About" Scale: Further developments in surveying the worries of postprimary school pupils

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 972-994

  Millar, Rob ^a   Gallagher, Mary ^a  

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EID: 0030345140     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164496056006005     Document Type: Article

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