Children's Low Affective Perspective-Taking Ability Is Associated With Low Self-Initiated Pro-sociality

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 194-198

  Knafo, Ariel ^a,b   Steinberg, Tami ^a   Goldner, Ira ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affective knowledge; Affective perspective taking; Pro social behavior; Social skills

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AFFECTIVE PERSPECTIVE TAKING ABILITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952820823     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021240     Document Type: Article

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