Sequential Progressions in a Theory-of-Mind Scale: Longitudinal Perspectives

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 780-792

  Wellman, Henry M ^a   Fang, Fuxi ^b   Peterson, Candida C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 79955634075     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01583.x     Document Type: Article

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