Parental Meta-Emotion Philosophy: A Review of Research and Theoretical Framework

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-422

  Katz, Lynn Fainsilber ^a   Maliken, Ashley C ^a   Stettler, Nicole M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion socialization; Parental meta emotion philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869236183     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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