Gender differences in verbal communication between popular and unpopular children during an interactive task

Social Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-108

  Murphy, Suzanne M ^a   Faulkner, Dorothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Open University

Author keywords

Children; Gender effects; Peer interaction; Popularity effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645128975     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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