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Recent stressful life events and young children's school adjustment

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, 14627, Rochester, New York

    Sharon Sterling & Emory L. Cowen

  2. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Roger P. Weissberg

  3. University of Rochester, Rochester, USA

    Bohdan S. Lotyczewski & Mary Boike

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Work on this project was supported by an NIMH grant (MH 14547-06) for which the authors express gratitude.

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Sterling, S., Cowen, E.L., Weissberg, R.P. et al. Recent stressful life events and young children's school adjustment. Am J Commun Psychol 13, 87–98 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00923261

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