Emotion knowledge skills in low-income elementary school children: Associations with social status and peer experiences

Social Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 637-651

  Miller, Alison L ^a,d   Gouley, Kathleen Kiely ^b   Seifer, Ronald ^a   Zakriski, Audrey ^c   Eguia, Maria ^a   Vergnani, Michael ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^c The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion knowledge; Low income children; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844442702     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00321.x     Document Type: Review

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