Conversations with siblings and with friends: Links between relationship quality and social understanding

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-87

  Cutting, Alexandra L ^a   Dunn, Judy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33744540119     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151005X70337     Document Type: Article

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