Mothers' acculturation and beliefs about emotions, mother-child emotion discourse, and children's emotion understanding in Latino families

Early Education and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 324-354

  Rivera, Marie Belle Perez ^a   Dunsmore, Julie C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79953703695     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409281003702000     Document Type: Article

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