Children's gendered sense of self and play as represented through drawings and written descriptions

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-205

  Bosacki, Sandra Leanne ^a   Varnish, Amanda ^a   Akseer, Spogmai ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drawings; Emotional competence; Middle childhood; Play; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049151441     PISSN: 08295735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0829573508326302     Document Type: Article

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