Children's understanding of modesty in front of peer and adult audiences

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-236

  Watling, Dawn ^a   Banerjee, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modesty; Peer relations; Self presentation; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547358301     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.450     Document Type: Article

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