The role of social competence in predicting gifted enrollment

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 729-744

  Curby, Timothy W ^a,c   Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz ^b   Rimm Kaufman, Sara E ^a   Konold, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 51549103571     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20338     Document Type: Article

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