Young children's perceptions of social withdrawal in China and Canada

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 591-607

  Coplan, Robert J ^a   Zheng, Shujie ^b   Weeks, Murray ^a   Chen, Xinyin ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; perceptions; shyness; social withdrawal; unsociability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859730865     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2011.566328     Document Type: Article

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