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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Comparative Analysis Between Directly Measured and Parent-Evaluated Executive Function: Predicting Children’s Academic Achievement and Social Development in a One-Year Longitudinal Study

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Pages 2255-2270 | Received 28 Jan 2024, Accepted 25 May 2024, Published online: 03 Jun 2024

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