Links between empathy, social behavior, and social understanding in early childhood

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-359

  Findlay, Leanne C ^a   Girardi, Alberta ^a   Coplan, Robert J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empathy; Social behavior; Social understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747864449     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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