Children's emotion regulation: Self-report and physiological response to peer provocation

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-38

  Hessler, Danielle M ^a   Fainsilber Katz, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Heart rate reactivity; Peer interaction; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIALIZATION; VAGUS NERVE;

AROUSAL; CHILD; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33846095488     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.27     Document Type: Article

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