A behaviour-based peer-nomination measure of social withdrawal in children

Social Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 544-564

  Younger, Alastair J ^a   Schneider, Barry H ^a   Guirguis, Manal ^a,b   Bergeron, Natasha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Peer assessment procedures; Peer relationships; Social withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034344551     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00142     Document Type: Article

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