Modifications in children's goals when encountering obstacles to conflict resolution

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 568-582

  Troop Gordon, Wendy ^a   Asher, Steven R ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CONFLICT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 19744362970     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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