Adjustment scales for preschool intervention: Extending validity and relevance across multiple perspectives

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 725-736

  Bulotsky Shearer, Rebecca ^a   Fantuzzo, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 4544226889     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20018     Document Type: Article

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