Development of sex differences in preschool children: Social behavior during an academic year

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 179-188

  Braza, Francisco ^a   Braza, Paloma ^b   Carreras, Maria Rosario ^b   Muñoz, José Manuel ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b NONE

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EID: 0342809901     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.1.179     Document Type: Article

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