Social Exclusion in Childhood: A Developmental Intergroup Perspective

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 772-790

  Killen, Melanie ^a   Mulvey, Kelly Lynn ^a   Hitti, Aline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84877326414     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12012     Document Type: Article

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