Talking about past emotions: Conversations between Peruvian mothers and their preschool children

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 641-657

  Melzi, Gigliana ^a   Fernández, Camila ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Emotion; Gender; Mother child conversations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843116422     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000027567.55262.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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