"I got some swords and you're dead!": Violent fantasy, antisocial behavior, friendship, and moral sensibility in young children

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 491-505

  Dunn, Judy ^a   Hughes, Claire ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGINATION; MALE; MORALITY; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MORALS; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035294286     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00292     Document Type: Article

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