Are the competent the morally good? Perspective taking and moral motivation of children involved in bullying

Social Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 798-816

  Gasser, Luciano ^a   Keller, Monika ^b  

^a Teacher Training University of Central Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bullying; Moral development; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349217246     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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