When is peer rejection justifiable? Children's understanding across two cultures

Cognitive Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-301

  Park, Yoonjung ^a   Killen, Melanie ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural comparison; Peer interaction; Social judgment; Social cognitive domain theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955922673     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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