Correlations Among Social-Cognitive Skills in Adolescents Involved in Acting or Arts Classes

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-103

  Goldstein, Thalia R ^a,b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79956198380     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2011.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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