A cross-sectional study of moral development in the South African context

Psychological Reports

Volumn 78, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 851-859

  Smith, Kevin ^a   Parekh, Angina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 0347632108     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.78.3.851     Document Type: Article

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