A short form of the teacher rating scale of school adjustment

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-164

  Betts, Lucy R ^a   Rotenberg, Ken J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom behavior; School adjustment; Teacher ratings; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247624504     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282906296406     Document Type: Article

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