What Does it Mean to be Prosocial? A Cross-Ethnic Study of Parental Beliefs

Psychology and Developing Societies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-268

  de Guzman, Maria Rosario T ^a   Brown, Jill ^b   Carlo, Gustavo ^c   Knight, George P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; ethnotheories; parental beliefs; prosocial behaviours

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867688412     PISSN: 09713336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097133361202400207     Document Type: Article

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