Empirically valid strategies to improve social and emotional competence of preschool children

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 513-540

  Mccabe, Paul C ^a   Altamura, Michelle ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 79953301753     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20570     Document Type: Article

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