The Role of Emotional Reactivity, Self-regulation, and Puberty in Adolescents' Prosocial Behaviors

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 667-685

  Carlo, Gustavo ^a   Crockett, Lisa J ^b   Wolff, Jennifer M ^b   Beal, Sarah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotionality; Prosocial behaviors; Puberty; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867437914     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2012.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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