Developmental trajectories of sympathy, moral emotion attributions, and moral reasoning: The role of parental support

Social Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 773-793

  Malti, Tina ^a,c   Eisenberg, Nancy ^b   Kim, Hyunji ^a   Buchmann, Marlis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Moral emotion attributions; Moral reasoning; Supportive parenting; Sympathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885474950     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12031     Document Type: Article

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