A meta-analytic review of gender variations in children's language use: Talkativeness, affiliative speech, and assertive speech

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 993-1027

  Leaper, Campbell ^a   Smith, Tara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SPEECH;

EID: 7544234551     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.40.6.993     Document Type: Review

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