The judge specificity of evaluations of youth social behavior: The case of peer provocation

Social Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 736-757

  Dirks, Melanie ^a   Treat, Teresa A ^b   Weersing, V Robin ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral evaluation; Social competence; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957226456     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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