Reactive attachment disorder: Implications for school readiness and school functioning

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 471-479

  Schwartz, Eric ^a   Davis, Andrew S ^b  

^a Sarah A Reed Children's Center   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645979988     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20161     Document Type: Article

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