Children's cooperative and competitive interactions in limited resource situations: A literature review

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-59

  Green, Vanessa A ^a,b   Rechis, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Conflict; Cooperation; Limited resources; Social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944476803     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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