Grownups are not afraid of scary stuff, but kids are: Young children's and adults' reasoning about children's, infants', and adults' fears

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 821-835

  Sayfan, Liat ^a   Lagattuta, Kristin Hansen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 47249127688     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01161.x     Document Type: Article

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