A New Look at Children's Understanding of Mind and Emotion: The Case of Prayer

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-92

  Bamford, Christi ^a   Lagattuta, Kristin Hansen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; emotion understanding; prayer; religion; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RELIGION;

EID: 76449095749     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016694     Document Type: Article

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