Cultural and developmental variation in toddlers’ interactions with other children in two small-scale societies in central africa

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-407

  Fouts, Hillary N ^a   Lamb, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caretaking; Central africa; Conflict; Culture; Social interaction; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013616822     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2009-3405     Document Type: Article

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