Helping the In-Group Feels Better: Children's Judgments and Emotion Attributions in Response to Prosocial Dilemmas

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 253-268

  Weller, Drika ^a   Hansen Lagattuta, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALTRUISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84872953513     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01837.x     Document Type: Article

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