The Components of Young Children's Emotion Knowledge: Which Are Enhanced by Adult Emotion Talk?

Social Development

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-110

  Salmon, Karen ^a   Evans, Ian M ^b   Moskowitz, Sophie ^a   Grouden, Melissa ^a   Parkes, Fiona ^a   Miller, Emily ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Emotion knowledge; Emotion language; Preschool aged children; Training study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872611604     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12004     Document Type: Article

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