Anger Expression and Persistence in Young Children

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 343-353

  He, Jie ^a   Xu, Qinmei ^a   Degnan, Kathryn Amey ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Children; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859627717     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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