The development of a scale to measure empathy in 8- and 9-year old children

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 17-25

  Garton, Alison F ^a   Gringart, Eyal ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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