Cultural differences in children's emotional reactions to difficult situations

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 983-996

  Cole, Pamela M ^a   Bruschi, Carole J ^a   Tamang, Babu L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEPAL; UNITED STATES;

AFFECT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEPAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036583486     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00451     Document Type: Review

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