The effect of excessive crying on the development of emotion regulation

Infancy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-152

  Stifter, Cynthia A ^a   Spinrad, Tracy L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRYING; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; INFANCY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION;

EID: 1042298446     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327078IN0302_2     Document Type: Article

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