Mothers' reactions to the aggressive play of their aggressive and non-aggressive young children: Implications for caregivers

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-20

  Landy, Sarah ^a   Menna, Rosanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Child care; Parenting; Pretend play; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449957923     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443971380101     Document Type: Article

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