Chinese children's conceptions of shyness: A prototype approach

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-544

  Xu, Yiyuan ^a,d   Farver, Jo Ann M ^d   Yang, Yu ^b,d   Zeng, Qiang ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Department of Psychology ^*

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EID: 57449106933     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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