Children's social reasoning about inclusion and exclusion in gender and race peer group contexts

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 174-186

  Killen, Melanie ^a   Stangor, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0035234444     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00272     Document Type: Article

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