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Below is a shortlist of publications authored or co-authored by the head of our lab, Dr. Charles Helwig. For a complete and more updated list of publications, please download Dr. Helwig's CV (DOC, 125 KB).

Lo, C., Helwig, C. C., Chen, S. X., Ohashi, M. M., & Cheng, C. M. (in press).  A needs-based perspective on cultural differences in identity formation. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research.

Helwig, C. C., & Yang, S. (in press). Toward a truly democratic civics education. To appear in R. Shaffer & K. Durkin (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of developmental psychology in practice. Oxford: Blackwell.

Helwig, C. C., & Turiel, E. (2011).  Children’s social and moral reasoning.  In C. Hart & P. Smith (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell handbook of childhood social development (pp. 567-583). (Revised 2nd Edition).  Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Helwig, C. C., & McNeil, J. (2011).  The development of conceptions of personal autonomy, rights, and democracy and their relation to psychological well-being. In V. Chirkov, R. Ryan, and K. Sheldon (Eds.), Personal autonomy in cultural contexts: Global perspectives on the psychology of agency, freedom, and people’s well-being (pp. 241-256).  New York: Springer.  

Lo, C., Helwig, C. C., Chen, S. X., Ohashi, M. M., & Cheng, C. M. (2011).  The psychology of strengths and weaknesses: Assessing self-enhancing and self-critical tendencies in Eastern and Western cultures.  Self and Identity, 10, 203-212.

Helwig, C. C., Yang, S., Tan, D., Liu, S., & Shao, T. (2011).  Urban and rural Chinese adolescents’ judgments and reasoning about personal and group jurisdiction.  Child Development, 82, 701-716.

Helwig, C. C. (2009).  Moral judgment.  In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of positive psychology, Vol. 1, (pp. 626-632).  Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Helwig, C. C. (2009).  Concepts of the social world.  In R. Shweder (Ed.), The child: An encyclopedic companion (pp. 199-202).  Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Lahat, A., Helwig, C. C., Yang, S., Tan, D., Liu, C. (2009).  Mainland Chinese adolescents’ judgments and reasoning about self-determination and nurturance rights.  Social Development, 18, 690-710.

Helwig, C. C. (2008). Don't blame it on the enlightenment (review of S. Law's "The war for children's minds"). Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology,29, 170-173

Helwig , C. C., Ryerson, R., & Prencipe, A. (2008). Children's, adolescents', and adults' judgments and reasoning about different methods of teaching values. Cognitive Development, 23, 119-135.

Helwig, C. C. (2008). The moral judgment of the child reevaluated: Heteronomy, early morality, and reasoning about social justice and inequalities. In C. Wainryb, J. G. Smetana, & E. Turiel (Eds.), Social development, social inequalities, and social justice (pp. 27-51). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Helwig, C. C., Arnold, M. L., Tan, D., & Boyd, D. (2007). Mainland Chinese and Canadian adolescents' judgments and reasoning about the fairness of democratic and other forms of government.Cognitive Development, 22, 96-109.

Helwig, C. C. (2007). Chinese adolescents' reasoning about their rights in relation to authority and the group. Chinese Journal of Moral Education, 2(8), 9-14. (in Chinese).

Helwig,C. C. (2006). The development of personal autonomy throughout cultures. Cognitive Development, 21, 458-473.

Helwig, C. C. (2006). Rights, civil liberties, and democracy across cultures. In M. Killen & J. G. Smetana (Eds.), Handbook of moral development (pp. 185-210). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Helwig, C. C. (2005). Culture and the construction of concepts of personal autonomy and democratic decision-making. In J. E. Jacobs, & P. A. Klaczynski (Eds.), The development of judgment and decision making in children and adolescents (pp. 181-212). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Helwig, C. C. (2004). Integrating--and respecting--the right and the good in moral development. (review of J. Gibbs' "Moral development and reality"). Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 25, 619-624.

Helwig, C. C., Arnold, M. L., Tan, D., & Boyd, D.(2003). Chinese adolescents' reasoning about democratic and authority-based decision making in peer, family, and school contexts. Child Development,74,783-800.

Helwig, C. C. (2002). Is it ever ok to exclude on the basis of race or gender? : The role of context, stereotypes, and historical change. Monographs of the Society for Research on Child Development, 67(4), 119-128.

Neff, K., & Helwig, C. C. (2002). A constructivist approach to understanding the development of reasoning about rights and authority within cultural contexts. Cognitive Development, 17(3-4), 1429-1450.

Helwig, C. C., & Turiel, E. (2002). Rights, autonomy, and democracy: Children's perspectives. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry,25, 253-270.

Prencipe, A., & Helwig, C. C. (2002). The development of reasoning about the teaching of values in school and family contexts.Child Development, 73, 841-856.

Helwig, C. C. (2002). Immaculate perception or the ghost of logical positivism? (review of H. K. Kendler's "Amoral thoughts about morality: The intersection of science, psychology, and ethics"). Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 47, 117-120.

Helwig, C. C., & Turiel, E. (2002). Children's social and moral reasoning. In C. Hart & P. Smith (Eds.), Handbook of childhood social development (pp. 475-490).Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Helwig, C. C., & Turiel, E. (2001). Commentary: Children's rights and the conflict between autonomy and social hierarchy. International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development Newsletter (No. 2, Serial No. 38), 18-20.

Helwig, C. C., & Jasiobedzka, U. (2001). The relation between law and morality: Children's reasoning about socially beneficial and unjust laws. Child Development, 72, 1382-1393.

Helwig, C. C., Zelazo, P. D., & Wilson, M. (2001). Children's judgments of psychological harm in normal and noncanonical situations. Child Development, 72, 66-81.

Helwig, C. C. (2000). Review of Kahn's "The Human Relationship with Nature". Journal of Moral Education, 29, 221-224.

Helwig, C. C., & Kim, S. (1999). Children's evaluations of decision-making procedures in peer, family, and school contexts. Child Development, 70, 502- 512.

Helwig, C. C., & Prencipe, A. (1999). Children's judgments of flags and flag- burning. Child Development, 70, 132-143.

Helwig, C. C. (1998). Children's conceptions of fair government and freedom of speech. Child Development, 69, 518-531.

Helwig, C. C. (1997). The role of agent and social context in judgments of freedom of speech and religion. Child Development, 68, 484-495.

Helwig, C. C. (1997). Making moral cognition respectable (again): A retrospective review of Lawrence Kohlberg. Contemporary Psychology, 42, 191-195.

Zelazo, P., Helwig, C. C., & Lau, A. (1996). Intention, act, and outcome in behavioral prediction and moral judgment. Child Development, 67, 2478-2492.

Helwig, C. C., Turiel, E., & Nucci, L. (1996). The virtues and vices of moral development theorists. Developmental Review, 16, 69-107.

Helwig, C.C. (1995). Adolescents' and young adults' conceptions of civil liberties: Freedom of speech and religion. Child Development, 66, 152-166.

Helwig, C.C. (1995). Social context in social cognition: Psychological harm and civil liberties. In M. Killen & D. Hart (Eds.), Morality in everyday life: Developmental perspectives (pp. 166-200). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Helwig, C.C., Hildebrandt, C., & Turiel, E. (1995). Children's judgments about psychological harm in social context. Child Development, 66, 1680-1693.

Helwig, C.C. (1993). Commentary on Moshman's "Adolescent reasoning and adolescent rights." Human Development, 36 (1), 41-44.

Helwig, C.C., Tisak, M.S., & Turiel, E. (1990). Children's social reasoning in context: Reply to Gabennesch. Child Development, 61, 2068-2078.

Turiel, E., Killen, M., & Helwig, C.C. (1987). Morality: Its structure, functions and vagaries. In J. Kagan & S. Lamb (Eds.), The emergence of morality in young children (pp. 155-243). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Butler, R.A. & Helwig, C. C. (1983). The spatial attributes of stimulus frequency in the median sagittal plane and their role in sound localization. American Journal of Otolaryngology, 4, 165-173.