Parent-child talk and children's understanding of beliefs and emotions

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 480-494

  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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34247630032     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930600717599     Document Type: Article

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