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Behavioural deviance in an Irish urban and rural town sample

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Seven — eleven year old children in urban and rural schools were studied using the Rutter B2 (teachers) questionnaire. A very highly significant difference was found between the urban and rural children.

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  1. St. Loman’s Hospital, Dublin

    M. Fitzgerald & A. Kinsella

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Fitzgerald, M., Kinsella, A. Behavioural deviance in an Irish urban and rural town sample. I.J.M.S. 156, 219–220 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02954044

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