Children's moral motivation, sympathy, and prosocial behavior

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 442-460

  Malti, Tina ^a,d   Gummerum, Michaela ^b   Keller, Monika ^c   Buchmann, Marlis ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ALTRUISM; CHILD; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORALS; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 65349118398     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01271.x     Document Type: Article

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