Taiwan and Mainland Chinese and Canadian children's categorization and evaluation of lie-and truth-telling: A modesty effect

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 525-542

  Lee, Kang ^b   Xu, Fen ^a   Fu, Grenyue ^a   Cameron, Catherine Ann ^c   Chen, Shumin ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 0035638409     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151001166236     Document Type: Article

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