Social goals, social behavior, and social status in middle childhood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1139-1150

  Rodkin, Philip C ^a   Ryan, Allison M ^b   Jamison, Rhonda ^a   Wilson, Travis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Middle childhood; Prosocial behavior; Social goals; Social status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84882725671     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029389     Document Type: Article

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