Twenty years of dynamic systems approaches to development: Significant contributions, challenges, and future directions

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 256-259

  Hollenstein, Tom ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Dynamic systems; Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855138306     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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