The development of recipient-dependent sharing behavior and sharing expectations in preschool children

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 914-921

  Paulus, Markus ^a,b   Moore, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Friendship; Peer relations; Prosocial development; Sharing

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84895176189     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034169     Document Type: Article

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