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11 - Children's and Parents’ Understanding of Gratitude

from Part III - Developing Gratitude

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2017

By
Meagan A. Ramsey ,
Amy L. Gentzler  and
Boglarka Vizy
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. 220 - 239
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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