Cross-sectional and longitudinal relations between mother-child talk about conflict and children's social understanding

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 521-536

  Racine, Timothy P ^a   Carpendale, Jeremy I M ^b   Turnbull, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33751547913     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712606X105714     Document Type: Article

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