What mothers say and what they do: The relation between parenting, theory of mind, language and conflict/cooperation

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-124

  Ruffman, Ted ^a,b   Slade, Lance ^c   Devitt, Kerry ^b   Crowe, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33744532870     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151005X82848     Document Type: Article

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