Advances in the assessment of social competence: Findings from a preliminary investigation of a general outcome measure for social behavior

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 930-946

  Cummings, Kelli D ^a,c   Kaminski, Ruth A ^a   Merrell, Kenneth W ^b  

^a THE MEASUREMENT GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Dynamic Measurement Group   (United States)

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EID: 57049155475     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20343     Document Type: Article

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