Alberta Engvall Siegel, Lynette Gayle Kohn, Permissiveness, Permission, and Aggression: The Effect of Adult Presence or Absence on Aggression in Children's Play, Child Development, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Mar., 1959), pp. 131-141
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