Pretend play of Brazilian children: A window into different cultural worlds

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 539-558

  Gosso, Yumi ^a   De Lima, Maria ^a   Morais, Salum E ^a   Otta, Emma ^b  

^a Health Institute

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Make believe; Play; Universals

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548139792     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022107305237     Document Type: Article

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