The development of trust and altruism during childhood

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 82-95

  Evans, Anthony M ^a   Athenstaedt, Ursula ^b   Krueger, Joachim I ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3020; Altruism; C70; C91; Perspective taking; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876315091     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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