"He's got a mind of his own": The development of a framework for determining mothers' beliefs about their infants' minds

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-271

  Degotardi, Sheila ^a   Torr, Jane ^a   Cross, Toni ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folk psychology; Infant development; Mind mindedness; Mother child relations; Mothers' beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 43649090749     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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