Children's and Adults' Attributions of Emotion to a Wrongdoer: The Influence of the Onlooker's Reaction

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-101

  Murgatroyd, S J ^b   Robinson, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0345814635     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026999397380041     Document Type: Article

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