Children's judgments of disloyal and immoral peer behavior: Subjective group dynamics in minimal intergroup contexts

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 444-461

  Abrams, Dominic ^a   Rutland, Adam ^a   Ferrell, Jennifer M ^b   Pelletier, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 41149180725     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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