Achievement versus maintenance of control in six-year-old children's interactions with peers: An observational study

Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-180

  Green, Vanessa A ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Behavioural Science Institute   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Conflict management; Cooperation; Dominance; Prosocial strategy; Social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849194127     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410701491759     Document Type: Article

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