The anger-distress model of temper tantrums: Associations with emotional reactivity and emotional competence

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 478-497

  Giesbrecht, Gerald F ^a   Miller, Michael R ^a   Müller, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Emotional competence; Emotional reactivity; Externalizing behaviour; Preschoolers; Temper tantrums

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649462241     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.677     Document Type: Article

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