Facing the Beast Apart Together: Fear in Boys and Girls after Processing Information about Novel Animals Individually or in a Duo

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 554-559

  Muris, Peter ^a   Rijkee, Sanne ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Fear; Gender role; Information transmission; Peer influences

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053625354     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-010-9427-y     Document Type: Article

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