Young children's display rule knowledge: Understanding the distinction between apparent and real emotions and the motives underlying the use of display rules

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1285-1296

  Misailidi, Plousia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apparent; Appearance reality distinction; Display rules; Emotion; Protagonist; Real

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751399664     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.10.1285     Document Type: Article

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