Mediation in a Sibling Context: The Relations of Older Siblings' Mediating Behaviour and Younger Siblings' Task Performance

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 321-333

  Klein, Pnina S ^a   Feldman, Ruth ^a   Zarur, Shlomit ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Mediation; Preschool age children; Siblings; Socio cultural perspective; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036445281     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.261     Document Type: Article

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