Residential Mobility and Prosocial Development Within a Single City

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 26-36

  O'Brien, Daniel Tumminelli ^a,b   Gallup, Andrew C ^c   Wilson, David Sloan ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary developmental psychology; Neighborhood effects; Prosociality; Residential mobility; Selection bias; Urban studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864547549     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-011-9468-4     Document Type: Article

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