Relationships among informant based measures of social skills and student achievement: A longitudinal examination of differential effects by sex

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-34

  Konold, Timothy R ^a   Jamison, Kristen R ^a   Stanton Chapman, Tina L ^a   Rimm Kaufman, Sara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 75749087195     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888690903510307     Document Type: Article

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