Depression and play in early childhood: Play behavior of depressed and nondepressed 3-to 6-year-olds in various play situations

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 249-260

  Lous, Annemieke Mol ^a   de Wit, Cees A M ^a   de Bruyn, Eric E J ^a   Riksen Walraven, J Marianne ^b   Rost, Henk ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0043125085     PISSN: 10634266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106342660000800405     Document Type: Article

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