Affect Regulation and Synchrony in Mother-Infant Play as Precursors to the Development of Symbolic Competence

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-23

  Feldman, Ruth ^a   Greenbaum, Charles W ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0012559742     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0355(199721)18:1<4::AID-IMHJ2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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