Multirater congruence on the social skills rating system: Mother, father, and teacher assessments of urban head start children's social competencies

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-242

  Fagan, Jay ^a   Fantuzzo, John W ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033473859     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(99)00010-1     Document Type: Article

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