Do provocateurs' emotion displays influence children's social goals and problem solving?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 559-571

  Lemerise, Elizabeth A ^a   Fredstrom, Bridget K ^b   Kelley, Brenna M ^a   Bowersox, April L ^a   Waford, Rachel N ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Peer rejection; Social goals; Social information processing

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROVOCATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

CHILD; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747828998     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-006-9035-x     Document Type: Article

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