Criteria used to categorize children's play: Preliminary findings

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 733-740

  Jenvey, Vickii B ^a   Jenvey, Heidi L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Context; Criteria; Motivation; Play

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036452244     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2002.30.8.733     Document Type: Article

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