Assessing preschool children's pretend play: Preliminary validation of the affect in play scale-preschool version

Early Education and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 733-755

  Kaugars, Astrida Seja ^a   Russ, Sandra W ^b  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70349939624     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409280802545388     Document Type: Article

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