The Impact of Developing Social Perspective-taking Skills on Emotionality in Middle and Late Childhood

Social Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 353-375

  Bengtsson, Hans ^a   Arvidsson, Åsa ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Late childhood; Middle childhood; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954571913     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2010.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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