Relative plasticity, integration, temporality, and diversity in human development: A developmental contextual perspective about theory, process, and method

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 781-786

  Lerner, Richard M ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34547193299     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.32.4.781     Document Type: Article

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