"No! The lambs can stay out because they got cozies": Constructive and destructive sibling conflict, pretend play, and social understanding

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1460-1473

  Howe, Nina ^a   Rinaldi, Christina M ^b   Jennings, Melissa ^a   Petrakos, Harriet ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Lester B Pearson School Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SIBLING RELATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036729059     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00483     Document Type: Article

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