The role of emotion expectancies in adolescents' moral decision making

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 358-370

  Krettenauer, Tobias ^a   Jia, Fanli ^a   Mosleh, Maureen ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Decision making; Moral action; Moral development; Moral emotions; Regret

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALTRUISM; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COOPERATION; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEFT; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; ALTRUISM; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEFT; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649951814     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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