Situational specificity and generality of test behaviors for samples of normal and referred children

School Psychology Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 94-107

  Glutting, Joseph J ^b   Youngstrom, Eric A ^d   Oakland, Tom ^a,c   Watkins, Marley W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NONE

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