Competing processes of sibling influence: Observational learning and sibling deidentification

Social Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 642-661

  Whiteman, Shawn D ^a,c   McHale, Susan M ^b   Crouter, Ann C ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Observational learning; Sibling deidentification; Sibling influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448935237     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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