Regular ArticleSocial and Temperamental Influences on Children's Overestimation of Their Physical Abilities: Links to Accidental Injuries☆,☆☆,★
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This research was supported by a University of Iowa Spelman Rockefeller Child Research Seed Grant. The authors thank the following individuals for their assistance in data collection and coding: Stephanie Dawes, Dana Dunisch, Jason Fine, Andrea Harmon, Damien Ihrig, Jennifer Kreps, Penney Nichols-Whitehead, Melissa Sandvick, Susan Totten, and Azure Welborn. We also thank Grazyna Kochanska for her helpful comments on earlier versions of the manuscript.
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Address reprint requests to Jodie M. Plumert, Department of Psychology, 11 SSH East, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242.
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