Emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and temperament characteristics of high-empathy children

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-125

  Miller, Paul A ^a   Jansen Op De Haar, Marian A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031499520     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024430532155     Document Type: Article

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