Friendship Networks of Unpopular, Average, and Popular Children

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2301-2316

  George, Thomas P ^a   Hartmann, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0030369365     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01858.x     Document Type: Article

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