Facilitating low-income children's narrative performances through interviewer elaborative style and reporting condition

Discourse Processes

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-208

  Cain, Whitney J ^a,d   Eaton, Kimberly L ^b   Baker Ward, Lynne ^b   Yen, Grace ^c  

^a Peace College   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Public Administration and Criminal Justice   (United States)

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EID: 30544451098     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326950dp4003_2     Document Type: Article

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