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Relations between life difficulties, measures of working memory operation, and examination performance in a student sample

John Wilding Dr University of London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bernice Andrews University of London, UK
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Jennie Hejdenberg University of London, UK
Pages 57-62 | Received 14 Sep 2006, Published online: 19 Feb 2007

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