The Understanding of Sadness, Guilt, and Shame in 5-, 7-, and 9-Year-Old Children

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-318

  Berti, Anna Emilia ^a   Garattoni, Cristina ^b   Venturini, Barbara ^b  

^a Dipto Psicol Sviluppo S   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPRESSION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHAME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SHAME;

EID: 0034251750     PISSN: 87567547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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