Kindergarten-aged children's reactions to an emotionally charged naturalistic event: Relations between cognitions, self-reported emotions, and emotional behaviour

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-456

  Olthof, Tjeert ^a   Engelberts Vaske, Annelies ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children's fears; Gender differences; Self reported emotions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FANTASY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE;

EID: 0030917456     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01530.x     Document Type: Article

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