Preschoolers' responses to social comparisons involving relative failure

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 968-972

  Rhodes, Marjorie ^a   Brickman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFFECT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 55449092616     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02184.x     Document Type: Article

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