The emerging self: The convergence of mind, personality and thinking styles

Developmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-409

  Demetriou, Andreas ^a   Kazi, Smaragda ^b   Georgiou, Stelios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033229085     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00083     Document Type: Article

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