Emotional instability as an indicator of strictly timed infantile developmental transitions

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-44

  De Weerth, C ^a   Van Geert, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0032377041     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835x.1998.tb00748.x     Document Type: Article

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