Dispositional, environmental, and context-specific predictors of children's threat perceptions in everyday stressful situations

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-100

  Kliewer, Wendy ^a   Fearnow, Melodie D ^b   Walton, Mary N ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032360588     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022880815914     Document Type: Article

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