Young children's apologies to their siblings

Social Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 170-186

  Schleien, Sara ^a   Ross, Hildy ^a   Ross, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apologies; Forgiveness; Reconciliation; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049162890     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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