Assessing Young Children's Views of Their Academic, Social, and Emotional Lives: An Evaluation of the Self-Perception Scales of the Berkeley Puppet Interview

Child Development

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1556-1576

  Measelle, Jeffrey R ^a   Ablow, Jennifer C ^a   Cowan, Philip A ^a   Cowan, Carolyn P ^a  

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ACHIEVEMENT; AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0032238441     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06177.x     Document Type: Article

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