Preschool pretend plog behaviors and garly fldolescent creativity

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-57

  Mullineaux, Paula Y ^a,c   Dilalla, Lisabeth F ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Divergent thinking preschool pretend play behaviors and early adolescent creativity; Pretend play behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 66349096011     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2009.tb01305.x     Document Type: Article

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