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5 - Gratitude and Moral Obligation

from Part II - Gratitude, Developing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2017

By
Sara Etz Mendonça  and
Fernanda Palhares
Edited by
Jonathan R. H. Tudge  and
Lia Beatriz de Lucca Freitas
Jonathan R. H. Tudge
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Lia Beatriz de Lucca Freitas
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Developing Gratitude in Children and Adolescents , pp. 89 - 110
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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