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Edwards, C.P., Knoche, L., Aukrust, V., Kumru, A., Kim, M. (2006). Parental Ethnotheories of Child Development. In: Kim, U., Yang, KS., Hwang, KK. (eds) Indigenous and Cultural Psychology. International and Cultural Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28662-4_6
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