Children classified as controlling at age six: Evidence of disorganized representational strategies and aggression at home and at school

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 447-463

  Solomon, Judith ^a   George, Carol ^b   de Jong, Annemieke ^c  

^a Center for the Family in Transition   (United States)

^b MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 84974281083     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579400006623     Document Type: Article

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