Assessing Children's Peer Relationships

Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 176-182

  Pepler, Debra J ^a   Craig, Wendy M ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

assessment; observations; Peer relationships; social adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010140354     PISSN: 13606417     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360641798001737     Document Type: Article

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