A contextual approach to social skills assessment in the peer group: Who is the best judge?

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 121-133

  Kwon, Kyongboon ^a   Kim, Elizabeth Moorman ^b   Sheridan, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

A contextual approach; Incremental validity; Social skills assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874550197     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028696     Document Type: Article

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