"Helping" versus "being a helper": Invoking the self to increase helping in young children

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1836-1842

  Bryan, Christopher J ^a   Master, Allison ^b   Walton, Gregory M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84907876164     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12244     Document Type: Article

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