Attributional style and school truancy

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-38

  Kee, Tony Tam Shui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attributional style; School truancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449091485     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443011690102     Document Type: Article

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