Psychometric characteristics of the california preschool social competence scale in a spanish population sample

Early Education and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 795-815

  Julvez, Jordi ^a   Forns, Maria ^b   Ribas Fitó, Núria ^a   Mazon, Carlos ^c   Torrent, Maties ^d   Garcia Esteban, Raquel ^a   Ellison Loschmann, Lis ^a   Sunyer, Jordi ^a  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Primary Health Care Center of Flix

^d Primary Health Care Center of Mahó

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EID: 54249107241     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409280802375430     Document Type: Article

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