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9 - Relations between Parents’ and Children's Gratitude

from Part III - Developing Gratitude

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2017

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Lia O'Brien ,
Yue Liang ,
Elisa A. Merçon-Vargas ,
Uzama S. Price  and
Ebony D. Leon
Edited by
Jonathan R. H. Tudge  and
Lia Beatriz de Lucca Freitas
Jonathan R. H. Tudge
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Lia Beatriz de Lucca Freitas
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Developing Gratitude in Children and Adolescents , pp. 177 - 198
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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