Parenting and temperament as predictors of prosocial behaviour in Australian and Turkish Australian children

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-88

  Yagmurlu, Bilge ^a   Sanson, Ann ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 70449556524     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530802001338     Document Type: Article

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