The development and function of rough-and-tumble play in childhood and adolescence: A sexual selection theory perspective

Play and Development: Evolutionary, Sociocultural, and Functional Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 77-98

  Pellegrini, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936511     Document Type: Chapter

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