Social understanding and self-regulation predict pre-schoolers' sharing with friends and disliked peers: A longitudinal study

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-64

  Paulus, Markus ^a   Licata, Maria ^a   Kristen, Susanne ^a   Thoermer, Claudia ^a   Woodward, Amanda ^b   Sodian, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

infancy; infant cognition; moral reasoning; psychosocial development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOREGULATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER ACCEPTANCE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHARING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL UNDERSTANDING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84919372655     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025414537923     Document Type: Article

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