The role of maltreatment experience in children's understanding of the antecedents of emotion

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 651-670

  Perlman, Susan B ^a   Kalish, Charles W ^b   Pollak, Seth D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 49949120002     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701461154     Document Type: Article

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