Does It Matter if Preschool Children and Mothers Discuss Positive vs. Negative Events During Reminiscing? Links with Mother-reported Attachment, Family Emotional Climate, and Socioemotional Development

Social Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 394-411

  Laible, Deborah ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Emotional understanding; Family climate; Reminiscing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954518265     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2010.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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