Emotion recognition and social adjustment in school-aged girls and boys

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 429-435

  Leppänen, Jukka M ^a   Hietanen, Jari K ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Facial expressions; Gender differences; Peer popularity; Social competence; Vocal affect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0035650604     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00255     Document Type: Article

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