Moral Emotions, Emotion Self-Regulation, Callous-Unemotional Traits, and Problem Behavior in Children of Incarcerated Mothers

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 702-713

  Lotze, Geri M ^a   Ravindran, Neeraja ^a   Myers, Barbara J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Callous unemotional traits; Children of incarcerated mothers; Emotion regulation; Moral emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650180951     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-010-9358-7     Document Type: Article

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