Belonging to and exclusion from the peer group in schools: Influences on adolescents' moral choices

Journal of Moral Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-184

  Feigenberg, Luba Falk ^a,c   King, Melissa Steel ^a   Barr, Dennis J ^a,b   Selman, Robert L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Facing History and Ourselves   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 45749107613     PISSN: 03057240     EISSN: 14653877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057240802009306     Document Type: Article

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