Social grooming in the kindergarten: The emergence of flattery behavior

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-265

  Fu, Genyue ^a   Lee, Kang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33846698798     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00583.x     Document Type: Review

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