Peer experiences as predictors of adjustment across the middle school transition

Education and Treatment of Children

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-88

  Kingery, Julie Newman ^a,c   Erdley, Cynthia A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

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