Emotion situation knowledge in elementary school: Models of longitudinal growth and preschool correlates

Social Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 730-751

  Fine, Sarah E ^a   Izard, Carroll E ^a   Trentacosta, Christopher J ^b  

^a E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete emotions; Emotion knowledge; Longitudinal growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750487858     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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