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Underachieving high school students as mental health aides with maladapting primary-grade children

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Bruce M. Tefft

  2. Radford University, Radford, USA

    Joseph A. Kloba

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Tefft, B.M., Kloba, J.A. Underachieving high school students as mental health aides with maladapting primary-grade children. Am J Commun Psychol 9, 303–319 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00896066

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