Fairness in distributive justice by 3- and 5-year-olds across seven cultures

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-442

  Rochat, Philippe ^a   Dias, Maria D G ^b   Liping, Guo ^c   Broesch, Tanya ^a   Passos Ferreira, Claudia ^d   Winning, Ashley ^a   Berg, Britt ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Culture; Development; Fairness; Na ve psychology; Sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749099220     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109332844     Document Type: Article

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