Loneliness, peer acceptance, and family functioning of Chinese children with learning disabilities: Characteristics and relationships

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-331

  Yu, Guoliang ^a   Zhang, Yaming ^b,c   Yan, Rong ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 16244366148     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20083     Document Type: Article

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