Italian children's understanding of war: A domain-specific approach

Social Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 478-496

  Berti, Anna Emilia ^a   Vanni, Edi ^b  

^a Dipto di Psicologia dello Sviluppo   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Concepts of war; Political concepts; Social cognition; Understanding society

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040198058     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00139     Document Type: Article

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