Temperament, socioemotional functioning, and peer relationships in Chinese and North American children

Peer Relationships in Cultural Context

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 123-147

  Chen, Xinyin ^a   Wang, Li ^b   DeSouza, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 33746377374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499739.006     Document Type: Chapter

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