Children and the public realm: antecedents and consequences of independent mobility in a group of 11-13-year-old Italian children

Children's Geographies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 377-393

  Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina ^a   Giovannelli, Ilaria ^b   Prezza, Miretta ^b   Augimeri, Maria Lucia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

children's independent mobility; loneliness; parenting styles; sense of community; sense of safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888013439     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2013.812277     Document Type: Article

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