"when i was little": Childhood recollections in chinese and european canadian grade school children

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 506-518

  Peterson, Carole ^a   Wang, Qi ^b   Hou, Yubo ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65349127755     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01275.x     Document Type: Article

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