Gender differences in emotional language in children's picture books

Sex Roles

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 265-280

  Tepper, Clary A ^a   Cassidy, Kimberly Wright ^b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033068172     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018803122469     Document Type: Article

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