Drawing facilitates children's verbal reports of emotionally laden events

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-179

  Gross, Julien ^a   Hayne, Harlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0000236880     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.4.2.163     Document Type: Article

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