Convergence of views: Self-perceptions of African American and white kindergartners

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-134

  Strein, William ^a   Simonson, Tracy ^a   Vail, Lindsay ^a  

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EID: 0033084436     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(199903)36:2<125::AID-PITS5>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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