Preschoolers' emotion knowledge: Self-regulatory foundations, and predictions of early school success

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 667-679

  Denham, Susanne Ayers ^a   Bassett, Hideko Hamada ^a   Way, Erin ^a   Mincic, Melissa ^a   Zinsser, Katherine ^a   Graling, Kelly ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Emotion; School readiness; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTION KNOWLEDGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 84861507862     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.602049     Document Type: Article

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