Social and relational factors in early education and prosocial actions of children of diverse ethnocultural communities

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-24

  Spivak, Asha L ^a,b   Howes, Carollee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Education ^*  (United States)

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EID: 79251511549     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: 15350266     Source Type: Journal    
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