Ethnic differences during social interactions of preschoolers in same-ethnic and cross-ethnic dyads

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-202

  Girouard, Nadine ^a   Stack, Dale M ^a   O'Neill Gilbert, Monica ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross ethnic dyad; Culture; Preschoolers; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952511210     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405620903506988     Document Type: Article

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