Normative beliefs about prosocial behavior in middle childhood: What does it mean to be nice?

Social Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 349-363

  Greener, Susan ^a   Crick, Nicki R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Gender; Moral behavior; Peer relationships; Prosocial

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033423485     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00100     Document Type: Article

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