Building rapport with children: Effects of adults' expected, actual, and perceived behavior

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-253

  Gurland, Suzanne T ^a,b   Grolnick, Wendy S ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 61449104572     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2008.27.3.226     Document Type: Article

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