Universal, developmental, and variable aspects of young children's play: A cross-cultural comparison of pretending at home

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1477-1488

  Haight, Wendy L ^a   Wang, Xiao Lei ^d   Fung, Heidi Han Tih ^b   Williams, Kimberley ^c   Mintz, Judith ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CREATIVENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033220183     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00107     Document Type: Article

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