Altruism: Choices of healthy and chronically ill children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 573-583

  Seagle, Heather L ^a   Jessee, Peggy O ^a   Nagy, M Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Chronic illness; Drawing measure; Life experiences; School age children

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349008554     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430215097     Document Type: Article

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