Emotion comprehension: The impact of nonverbal intelligence

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-115

  Albanese, Ottavia ^a   De Stasio, Simona ^b   Di Chiacchio, Carlo ^c   Fiorilli, Caterina ^a   Pons, Francisco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; Emotion comprehension development; Nonverbal intelligence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77951671238     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320903548084     Document Type: Article

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