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ERIC Number: EJ453413
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Children's Moral Motive Strength and Temperamental Inhibition Reduce Their Immoral Behavior in Real Moral Conflicts.
Asendorpf, Jens B.; Nunner-Winkler, Gertrud
Child Development, v63 n5 p1223-35 Oct 1992
Assessed preschoolers' moral motive strength or attribution of moral emotions to story characters. Also assessed temperamental inhibition and self-control. Children were provided with an opportunity to cheat when they felt they were unobserved. Results indicated that moral motive strength and inhibition predicted low cheating. (BC)
Descriptors: Cheating, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences, Inhibition, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Self Control
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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