Emotion understanding, social acceptance and evaluation of behavioral attributes in school-age children;Compreensão de emoções, aceitação social e avaliação de atributos comportamentais em crianças escolares

Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-143

  Pavarini, Gabriela ^a   Loureiro, Carolina Piazzarollo ^b   Souza, Débora de Hollanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioral attributes; Emotion understanding; Social acceptance; Social competence; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054857569     PISSN: 01027972     EISSN: 16787153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-79722011000100016     Document Type: Article

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