Comparison of sadness, anger, and fear facial expressions when toddlers look at their mothers

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1761-1773

  Buss, Kristin A ^a   Kiel, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISION;

AFFECT; ANGER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 10844257440     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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