Political violence and disruptions in the development of moral agency

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-54

  Wainryb, Cecilia ^a   Pasupathi, Monisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral development; Political violence; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951657626     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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