Daniel has fallen into a muddy puddle - Schadenfreude or sympathy?

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 363-378

  Schulz, Katrin ^a   Rudolph, Almut ^b   Tscharaktschiew, Nadine ^a   Rudolph, Udo ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COOPERATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOALS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS;

EID: 84885847234     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12013     Document Type: Article

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