Validity of young children's self-reports of their emotion in response to structured laboratory tasks

Emotion

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-535

  Durbin, C Emily ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Emotion; Laboratory assessment

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LABORATORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; AFFECT; ANGER; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEAR; HAPPINESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANGER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD;

EID: 77955735241     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019008     Document Type: Article

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