Being Brave, Being Nice: Themes of Agency and Communion in Children's Narratives

Journal of Personality

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-284

  Ely, Richard ^b   Melzi, Gigliana ^c   Hadge, Luke ^c   McCabe, Allyssa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0032371513     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00012     Document Type: Article

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