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BEATRICE VENTURINI, LUIGI CASTELLI, AND SILVIA TOMELLERI

Università di Padova, Italy

Beatrice Venturini, Luigi Castelli, and Silvia Tomelleri, Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e delia Socializzazione, Universit di Padova, Italy.

Appreciation is due to reviewers including: Susan Basow, PhD, Department of Psychology, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 18042, USA, Email: basows@lafayette.edu; Wilhelm Hofmann, PhD, Fachbereich 8: Psychologie, Universitat Koblenz-Landau, Im Fort 7, D-76892 Landau, Email: hofmannw@uni-landau.de; Mary Madeline Rogge, PhD, Indiana University, School of Nursing, 1111 Middle Drive, NU 312, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA, Email: mmrogge@iupui.edu

Please address correspondence and reprint requests to: Luigi Castelli, Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Via Venezia, 8, 35131 Padova, Italy. Phone: ++39 49 8276532; Fax: ++39 49 8276511; Email: castelli.luigi@unipd.it

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