Same beginnings, different stories: A comparison of American and Chinese children's narratives

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1329-1346

  Wang, Qi ^a   Leichtman, Michelle D ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034277977     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00231     Document Type: Article

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