Peacemaking and consolation in Japanese preschoolers witnessing peer aggression

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-57

  Fujisawa, Keiko K ^a,b   Kutsukake, Nobuyuki ^a   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Graduate School of Arts and Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consolation; Naturalistic observation; PC MC method; Preschoolers; Reconciliation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; COOPERATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGGRESSION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33645402763     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.120.1.48     Document Type: Article

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