Children's attributions for their own versus others' behavior: Influence of actor versus observer differences

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 314-328

  Johnston, Charlotte ^a   Lee, Catherine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actor observer; Child attributions; Mother child relationship; Self other bias; Self reports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BOY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 20444399861     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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