A psychometric evaluation of the parent self-efficacy in managing the transition to school scale

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 36-48

  Giallo, Rebecca ^a,c   Kienhuis, Mandy ^b   Treyvaud, Karli ^a   Matthews, Jan ^a  

^a Parenting Research Centre

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

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EID: 49449101933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14465442     Source Type: Journal    
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