Chinese and Canadian Children's Evaluations of Lying and Truth Telling: Similarities and Differences in the Context of Pro- And Antisocial Behaviors

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 924-934

  Lee, Kang ^a   Cameron, Catherine Ann ^a   Xu, Fen ^a   Fu, Genyao ^a   Board, Julie ^a  

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EID: 0346615554     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1132042     Document Type: Article

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