Validity of the home and community social behavior scales: Comparisons with five behavior-rating scales

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 313-325

  Merrell, Kenneth W ^a   Streeter, Angela L ^a   Boelter, Eric W ^a   Caldarella, Paul ^b   Gentry, Amanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WA Public Schools   (United States)

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EID: 0035385002     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.1021     Document Type: Review

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