Sharing and giving across adolescence: An experimental study examining the development of prosocial behavior

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Güroglu, Berna ^a   Bos, Wouter van den ^b   Crone, Eveline A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Fairness; Friendship; Peer relationships; Prosocial behavior; Reciprocity; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899669162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00291     Document Type: Article

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