Emotion framing: Does it relate to children's emotion knowledge and social behavior?

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 591-603

  Colwell, Malinda J ^a   Hart, Sybil ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion framing; Preschoolers' emotional competence; Preschoolers' social competence; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956428621     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430500147367     Document Type: Article

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