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Changes in the social competence of Canadian preschool and day nursery children of low and high socioeconomic status

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Wright, M.J. Changes in the social competence of Canadian preschool and day nursery children of low and high socioeconomic status. Interchange 6, 16–26 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02145344

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