Social understanding in young Israeli-Jewish, Israeli-Palestinian, Palestinian, and Jordanian children: Moral judgments and stereotypes

Early Education and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 886-911

  Brenick, Alaina ^a   Killen, Melanie ^b   Lee Kim, Jennie ^b   Fox, Nathan ^b   Leavitt, Lewis ^c   Raviv, Amiram ^d   Masalha, Shafiq ^e   Murra, Farid ^f   Al Smadi, Yahia ^g  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f AL QUDS OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^g UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

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EID: 78649716852     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409280903236598     Document Type: Article

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