The development of moral emotion expectancies and the happy victimizer phenomenon: A critical review of theory and application

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-235

  Krettenauer, Tobias ^a   Malti, Tina ^b   Sokol, Bryan W ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Happy victimizer phenomenon; Moral emotion expectancy; Moral self; Social adaptation; Theory of agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013606351     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2008-2303     Document Type: Article

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