Different emergence of fear expressions in infant boys and girls

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-194

  Nagy, Emese ^a,b   Loveland, Katherine A ^b   Kopp, Maria ^a   Orvos, Hajnalka ^c   Pal, Attila ^c   Molnar, Peter ^d  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Emotion development; Fear; Infant development; Maternal perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044399017     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(01)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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