Selective Mutism: Phenomenological characteristics

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 192-227

  Ford, Mary Ann ^a   Sladeczek, Ingrid E ^a   Carlson, John ^a   Kratochwill, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 18644366379     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0088982     Document Type: Article

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