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School Refusal Behavior and Absenteeism
- Christopher A. Kearney,
- Courtney Haight,
- Marisa Gauger,
- Rachel Schafer
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- Title
- School Refusal Behavior and Absenteeism
- Reference Work Title
- Encyclopedia of Adolescence
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- pp 2489-2493
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- 2012
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- 10.1007/978-1-4419-1695-2_236
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Courtney Haight
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Marisa Gauger
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Rachel Schafer
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Christopher A. Kearney
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- 1. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, 89154-5030, Las Vegas, NV, USA
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