English children as personality theorists: Accounts of the modifiability, development, and origin of traits

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-26

  Yuill, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0031068751     PISSN: 87567547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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