Social identity and the development of children's group attitudes

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 506-517

  Nesdale, Drew ^a   Flesser, Debbie ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035287982     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00293     Document Type: Article

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