Children's strategies and goals in response to help-giving and help-seeking tasks within a friendship

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 749-763

  Rose, Amanda J ^a   Asher, Steven R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GOALS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 4043170597     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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