Effects of diagnostic label, race, gender, educational placement, and definitional information on prognostic outlook for children with behavior problems

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-59

  Stinnett, Terry A ^a   Bull, Kay S ^a   Koonce, Danel A ^a   Aldridge, Jennifer O ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042985929     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(199901)36:1<51::AID-PITS6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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