Gender differences in emotions and social behaviour at school age;Diferencias de género en emociones y en conducta social en la edad escolar

Infancia y Aprendizaje

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-161

  Etxebarria, Itziar ^a   Apodaca, Pedro ^a   Eceiza, Amaia ^a   Fuentes, Ma Jesús ^b   Ortiz, Ma José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Anger; Attentional focusing; Cooperative behaviour; Emotional intensity; Gender differences; Inhibitory control; Prosocial behaviour; Sadness; School age children; Understanding emotional ambivalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949185583     PISSN: 02103702     EISSN: 15784126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1174/021037003321827759     Document Type: Article

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