The expression and regulation of anger in toddlers: Relations to maternal behavior and mental representations

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 310-320

  Feldman, Ruth ^a   Dollberg, Daphna ^b   Nadam, Roni ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Maternal representations; Mother child interaction; Still face

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL IRRITATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TODDLER;

ADULT; ANGER; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79957732459     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: 01636383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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