Playmate preferences and perceptions of individual differences among typically developing preschoolers

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-18

  Buysse, Virginia ^a   Nabors, Laura ^a   Skinner, Debra ^a   Keyes, Lynette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Playmate preferences; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846996436     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443971310101     Document Type: Article

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