Preschool children's pretend and physical play and sex of play partner: Connections to peer competence

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 497-509

  Colwell, Malinda J ^a   Lindsey, Eric W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peer competence; Physical play; Pretend play; Sex of peer partner

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744379220     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-3716-8     Document Type: Article

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