The Influence of Mother-Child Emotion Regulation Strategies on Children's Expression of Anger and Sadness

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-225

  Morris, Amanda Sheffield ^a   Silk, Jennifer S ^b   Morris, Michael D S ^a   Steinberg, Laurence ^c   Aucoin, Katherine J ^d   Keyes, Angela W ^d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive reframing; Emotion regulation; Parenting; Socialization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBSERVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBSERVATION;

EID: 79551522689     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021021     Document Type: Article

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