Longitudinal associations between children's understanding of emotions and theory of mind

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1074-1086

  O'Brien, Marion ^a   Weaver, Jennifer Miner ^a   Nelson, Jackie A ^a   Calkins, Susan D ^a   Leerkes, Esther M ^a   Marcovitch, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion knowledge; Longitudinal; Preschoolers; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 80052505411     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.518417     Document Type: Article

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