The use of emotion explanations by mothers: Relation to preschoolers' gender and understanding of emotions

Social Development

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-249

  Martin, Rebecca M ^a,b   Green, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion talk; Emotion understanding; Gender; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844403520     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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