Empathy and Observed Anger and Aggression in Five-Year-Olds

Social Development

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Strayer, Janet ^a   Roberts, William ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Empathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142278677     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2004.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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