The matson evaluation of social skills with youngsters (MESSY)and its adaptation for Brazilian children and adolescents

Interamerican Journal of Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-246

  Teodoro, Maycoln Leôni Martins ^a   Käppler, Karl Christoph ^b   Jussara de Lima Rodrigues, ^c   De Freitas, Patrícia Martins ^c   Haase, Vitor Geraldi ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children (Brazil); Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954993812     PISSN: 00349690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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