Cultural and Family Influences on Children's Theory of Mind Development: A Comparison of Australian and Iranian School-Age Children

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 555-568

  Shahaeian, Ameneh ^a   Nielsen, Mark ^a   Peterson, Candida C ^a   Slaughter, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

child development; cross cultural; siblings; social cognition; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898678798     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022113513921     Document Type: Article

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