Learning Behaviours, Attention and Anxiety in Caribbean Children: Beyond the 'Usual Suspects' in Explaining Academic Performance

School Psychology International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 242-251

  Durbrow, Eric H ^a   Schaefer, Barbara A ^a   Jimerson, Shane R ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034377093     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034300213002     Document Type: Article

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