Parental contributions to preschoolers' understanding of emotion

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 311-343

  Denham, Susanne ^a   Kochanoff, Anita T ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion social cognition; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037757914     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v34n03_06     Document Type: Review

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