Children's Reactions to the Receipt of Direct and Indirect Help

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1391-1405

  Shell, Rita M ^a   Eisenberg, Nancy ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030209085     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01803.x     Document Type: Article

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