Early attachment relationships as predictors of preschool children’s emotion regulation with a distressed sibling

Early Education and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-207

  Volling, Brenda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0011080041     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15566935eed1202_2     Document Type: Article

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