Culture and Peer Relationships

Peer Relationships in Cultural Context

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-20

  Chen, Xinyin ^a   French, Doran C ^b   Schneider, Barry H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 84927069496     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499739.001     Document Type: Chapter

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