Positive and Negative Emotionality: Trajectories Across Six Years and Relations With Social Competence

Emotion

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-28

  Sallquist, Julie Vaughan ^a   Eisenberg, Nancy ^a   Spinrad, Tracy L ^a   Reiser, Mark ^a   Hofer, Claire ^a   Zhou, Qing ^b   Liew, Jeffrey ^c   Eggum, Natalie ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

negative affect; positive affect; social competence; trajectories

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60749107503     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013970     Document Type: Article

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