Early childhood altruism: How parents see prosocial behavior in their young children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-126

  Kakavoulis, Alexandros K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Altruism; Early childhood; Parents; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890347990     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443981400109     Document Type: Article

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