Children's reasoning about the self-presentational consequences of apologies and excuses following rule violations

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 799-815

  Banerjee, Robin ^a   Bennett, Mark ^b   Luke, Nikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MORALS; MOTIVATION; PUNISHMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78049397414     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151009X479475     Document Type: Article

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