Modeling intraindividual changes in children's social skills at home and at school: A multivariate latent growth approach to understanding between-settings differences in children's social skill development

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 365-396

  Chan, David ^a   Ramey, Sharon ^b   Ramey, Craig ^b   Schmitt, Neal ^a  

^a Dept of Social Work and Psychology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 0034390837     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327906MBR3503_04     Document Type: Article

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