Young people, multiculturalism, and educational interventions for the development of empathy

International Social Science Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 200-201, 2010, Pages 247-261

  Pagani, Camilla ^a   Robustelli, Francesco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTICULTURALISM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATION; EMPATHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MORALS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ITALY;

EID: 79960496134     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: 14682451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2451.2011.01761.x     Document Type: Article

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