The Functional Organization of Preschool-Age Children's Emotion Expressions and Actions in Challenging Situations

Emotion

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 520-530

  Dennis, Tracy A ^a   Cole, Pamela M ^b   Wiggins, Crystal N ^c   Cohen, Laura H ^d   Zalewski, Maureen ^e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d Roeder and Polansky Family   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion expression action sequences; emotion regulation; functional emotion theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANGER; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 69049084498     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016514     Document Type: Article

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