Screaming, yelling, whining, and crying: Categorical and intensity differences in vocal expressions of anger and sadness in children's tantrums

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1124-1133

  Green, James A ^a   Whitney, Pamela G ^a   Potegal, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic features; Anger; Sadness; Temper tantrums; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUND INTENSITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCAL EXPRESSION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANGER; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80053956343     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024173     Document Type: Article

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