Family background in relation to deceptive ability and understanding of the mind

Social Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-197

  Cole, Kristina ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expressive deception; Family type; Parenting style; Socio economic status; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032221616     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00061     Document Type: Article

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