Verbal and nonverbal interactions of four- and five-year-old friends in potential conflict situations

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 327-339

  Tomada, Giovanna ^a   Fonzi, Ada ^a   Schneider, Barry H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Friendship; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; GAME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0036731330     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320209598687     Document Type: Article

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