Learning what feelings to desire: Socialization of ideal affect through children's storybooks

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-30

  Tsai, Jeanne L ^a   Louie, Jennifer Y ^a   Chen, Eva E ^a   Uchida, Yukiko ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KOSHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Culture; Emotion; Socialization; Values

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; BOOK; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

AFFECT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; BOOKS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845577385     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206292749     Document Type: Article

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