Great expectations: The biasing effects of reported child behavior problems on educational expectancies and subsequent academic achievement

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-413

  Rutchick, Abraham M ^a   Smyth, Joshua M ^b   Lopoo, Leonard M ^b   Dusek, Jerome B ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 63849134751     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2009.28.3.392     Document Type: Review

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