Individual differences in children's private speech: The role of imaginary companions

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 561-571

  Davis, Paige E ^a   Meins, Elizabeth ^b   Fernyhough, Charles ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imaginary companions; Imagination; Internalization; Play; Private speech; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINARY COMPANIONS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNALIZATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE SPEECH; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH;

IMAGINARY COMPANIONS; IMAGINATION; INTERNALIZATION; PLAY; PRIVATE SPEECH; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; SPEECH;

EID: 84883035156     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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