Pain and Piaget: Qualitative change with age in the content area of children's ideas about pain

Irish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 194-202

  Gaffney, Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

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EID: 0034561474     PISSN: 03033910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03033910.2000.10558252     Document Type: Article

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