Children's Fantasy Play and Emotional Understanding

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-277

  Seja, Astrida L ^a   Russ, Sandra W ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECREATION;

AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 0033144439     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp2802_13     Document Type: Article

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