Understanding emotions in context: The effects of language impairment on children's ability to infer emotional reactions

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-188

  Spackman, Matthew P ^a   Fujiki, Martin ^a   Brinton, Bonnie ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion understanding; Emotional identification; Language impairment; Social skills; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANGER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33645132661     PISSN: 09637273     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820500224091     Document Type: Article

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