Family stress and school adjustment: Predictors across the school years

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-149

  Murray Harvey, Rosalind ^a   Slee, Phillip T ^a  

^a School of Education   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family stress; Predictors; School adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244385637     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443981450109     Document Type: Article

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