The cultural socialization of emotion regulation during infancy

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 996-1011

  Keller, Heidi ^a   Otto, Hiltrud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural prototypes; Emotion regulation; Infancy; Learning environment; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249117453     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109348576     Document Type: Article

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