Social coping among gifted high school students and its relationship to self-concept

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-39

  Swiatek, Mary Ann ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0039300251     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005268704144     Document Type: Article

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