Social moral reasoning in Chinese children: A developmental study

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 125-138

  Fang, Ge ^a   Fang, Fu Xi ^a   Keller, Monika ^b   Edelstein, Wolfgang ^b   Kehle, Thomas J ^b   Bray, Melissa A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*

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EID: 0037240070     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.10074     Document Type: Article

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