War toy play and aggression in dutch kindergarten children

Social Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 340-354

  Hellendoorn, Joop ^a   Harinck, Frits J H ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggression; Kindergarten children; Play; Toys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031283819     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.1997.tb00110.x     Document Type: Article

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