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Peer reviewedLawrence, Barbara M. – Child Development, 1984
Significant relationships were found between linguistic maturity of children, speech of parents, and children's helping behavior. Mean length of utterance was a better predictor of cooperative behavior than child age; no comparable relationships were found for parents' nonverbal behaviors. Results support a hypothesis of verbal mediation of…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Context Effect, Cooperation, Helping Relationship
