Understanding others, and individual differences in friendship interactions in young children

Social Development

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-219

  Dunn, Judy ^a   Cutting, Alexandra L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friendship; Language; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033457044     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00091     Document Type: Article

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