"All the sheeps are dead. He murdered them": sibling pretense, negotiation, internal state language, and relationship quality.

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Child Development

• Publication date

  1998-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1467-8624.1998.TB06142.XPMID 9499566
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