Gender differences in personality through early childhood: A multi-informant perspective;Osebnostne razlike med spoloma v zgodnjem otroštvu: pristop veè ocenjevalcev

Psiholoska Obzorja

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 11-38

  Zupanèiè, Maja ^a   Kavèiè, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Early childhood development; Gender differences; Multiple informant approach; Personality measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85117588023     PISSN: 13181874     EISSN: 23505141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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