In the orchard: Farm worker children's moral and environmental reasoning

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-256

  Severson, Rachel L ^a   Kahn, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocentric reasoning; Environment; Farm worker children; Moral development; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952292315     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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