Construct validity of the emotion matching task: Preliminary evidence for convergent and criterion validity of a new emotion knowledge measure for young children

Social Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-70

  Morgan, Judith K ^a   Izard, Carroll E ^a   King, Kristen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Emotional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049138320     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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