Mother- and father-reported reactions to children's negative emotions: Relations to young children's emotional understanding and friendship quality

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1407-1425

  McElwain, Nancy L ^a   Halberstadt, Amy G ^b   Volling, Brenda L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 34648819992     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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