The indirect effects of maternal emotion socialization on friendship quality in middle childhood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 566-576

  Blair, Bethany L ^a   Perry, Nicole B ^a   O'Brien, Marion ^a   Calkins, Susan D ^a   Keane, Susan P ^a   Shanahan, Lilly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Emotion socialization; Friendship quality; Middle childhood

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84893684620     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033532     Document Type: Article

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