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The authors extend their thanks to the principals who made the study possible, with special appreciation to Drs. Robert Schreck and Barry Herman for their additional role in developing the interview and facilitating the research. Partial support for the research was provided by the Graduate Student Research Fund of the Department of Psychology, Yale University. James Kelly, Seymour Sarason, Thomas Berndt, Melanie Ginter, Robert Felner, Margaret Gatz, and Forrest Tyler were constructive critics of earlier drafts of the manuscript. Authorship of the paper was determined randomly and is not meant to imply relative contribution.
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Billington, R.J., Washington, L.A. & Trickett, E.J. The research relationship in community research: An inside view from public school principals. Am J Commun Psychol 9, 461–479 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00918176
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