A cross-cultural examination of children's understanding of "the enemy"

Psychological Reports

Volumn 93, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 779-790

  Myers Bowman, Karen S ^a   Walker, Kathleen ^b   Myers Walls, Judith A ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; YUGOSLAVIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 4243134823     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.93.3.779     Document Type: Article

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