Young children's ideas about the nature, causes, justification, and alleviation of poverty

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-450

  Chafel, Judith A ^a   Neitzel, Carin ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty; Rural children; Social cognition; Urban children

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644438353     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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