Fear and courage in children: Two sides of the same coin?

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 486-490

  Muris, Peter ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Courage; Fear; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449168145     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-009-9271-0     Document Type: Article

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