Functional school refusal subtypes: Anxiety, avoidance, and malingering

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-191

  Evans, Larry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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EID: 0034144868     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(200003)37:2<183::AID-PITS9>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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