The relations of ego-resiliency and emotion socialization to the development of empathy and prosocial behavior across early childhood

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 822-831

  Taylor, Zoe E ^a   Eisenberg, Nancy ^a   Spinrad, Tracy L ^a   Eggum, Natalie D ^a   Sulik, Michael J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Ego resiliency; Empathy; Parenting; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGO; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84887400777     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032894     Document Type: Article

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