Young children's descriptions of god: Influences of parents' and teachers' God concepts and religious denomination of schools

Journal of Beliefs and Values

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-30

  De Roos, Simone A ^a   Iedema, Jurjen ^b   Miedema, Siebren ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Social and Cultural Planning Office of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33845667447     PISSN: 13617672     EISSN: 14699362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13617670123273     Document Type: Article

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