Children's judgements and emotions about social exclusion based on weight

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 330-344

  Nguyen, Christine ^a   Malti, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotions; Judgements; Moral development; Weight based social exclusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84905868281     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12045     Document Type: Article

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