Developmental and Individual Differences in Children's Ability to Distinguish Reality from Fantasy

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-49

  Dierker, Lisa C ^a   Sanders, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 2942650328     PISSN: 02762366     EISSN: 15414477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/KEKG-5P6C-G153-5E86     Document Type: Article

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