The Effect of Gender Context on Children's Social Behavior in a Limited Resource Situation: An Observational Study

Social Development

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 586-604

  Green, Vanessa A ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^b   Berthelsen, Donna ^c   Irving, Kym ^c   Catherwood, Di ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d University of Texas at Austin ^*

Author keywords

Competition; Cooperation; Gender; Peer interaction; Social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344197687     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00250     Document Type: Article

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