Parental Socialization of Sadness Regulation in Middle Childhood: The Role of Expectations and Gender

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1214-1226

  Cassano, Michael C ^a   Zeman, Janice L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Parenting; Sadness; Socialization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 77956785114     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019851     Document Type: Article

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