Moral reasoning in violent contexts: Displaced and non-displaced colombian children's evaluations of moral transgressions, retaliation, and reconciliation

Social Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 181-209

  Ardila Rey, Alicia ^a   Killen, Melanie ^a   Brenick, Alaina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's exposure to violence; Colombian children; Moral reasoning; Reconciliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449108649     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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