Conceptions of Moral, Social-Conventional, and Personal Events among Chinese Preschoolers in Hong Kong

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 647-658

  Yau, Jenny ^b   Smetana, Judith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0141653803     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00560     Document Type: Article

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