The disappointing gift: Dispositional and situational moderators of emotional expressions

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-240

  Tobin, Renée M ^a   Graziano, William G ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Emotion; Personality; Regulation; Social exchange; Socialization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHARACTER; CHILD; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE; CHARACTER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 79958051523     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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