Preschool understanding of emotions: Contributions to classroom anger and aggression

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 901-916

  Denham, Susanne A ^a   Caverly, Sarah ^a   Schmidt, Michelle ^a   Blair, Kimberly ^a   DeMulder, Elizabeth ^a   Caal, Selma ^a   Hamada, Hideko ^a   Mason, Teresa ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Child development; Emotion; Emotion recognition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KINDERGARTEN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL LEARNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOPATHY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMOTIONS; FACULTY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0042701443     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00139     Document Type: Article

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