Contextual Determinants of Anger and Other Negative Expressions in Young Infants

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 693-705

  Sullivan, Margaret W ^a   Lewis, Michael ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANGER; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0141865569     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.4.693     Document Type: Article

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