Young chinese children's authority concepts

Social Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 210-229

  Yau, Jenny ^a,b   Smetana, Judith G ^c   Metzger, Aaron ^c  

^a AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Asuza Pacific University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority concepts; Chinese children; Culture; Social reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449115821     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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