'Would others think it is okay to express my feelings?' Regulation of anger, sadness and physical pain in Gujarati children in India

Social Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-105

  Raval, Vaishali V ^a,c   Martini, Tanya S ^a   Raval, Pratiksha H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Indian; Beliefs regarding acceptability; Display rules; Emotion regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846611865     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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