Emotion regulation in low-income preschoolers

Social Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 246-264

  Garner, Pamela W ^a   Spears, Floyd M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Emotion management; Emotion regulation; Emotion socialization; Low income

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034360557     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00122     Document Type: Article

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