Children's moral reasoning regarding physical and relational aggression

Social Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-372

  Murray Close, Dianna ^a   Crick, Nicki R ^a   Galotti, Kathleen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Gender; Moral reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746218697     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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