What Ensues from Emotional Distress? Implications for Competence Estimation

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 329-345

  Pomerantz, Eva M ^a   Rudolph, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHILD; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0041843692     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.7402001     Document Type: Article

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