Metacognitive emotion regulation: Children's awareness that changing thoughts and goals can alleviate negative emotions

Emotion

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 498-510

  Davis, Elizabeth L ^a   Levine, Linda J ^a   Lench, Heather C ^b   Quas, Jodi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Emotion regulation; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THINKING; AGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; MOTIVATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; THINKING; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD;

EID: 77955763535     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018428     Document Type: Article

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