Parent emotion representations and the socialization of emotion regulation in the family

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-173

  Meyer, Sara ^a   Raikes, H Abigail ^b   Virmani, Elita A ^c   Waters, Sara ^d   Thompson, Ross A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNESCO   (France)

^c West   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; emotion regulation; parent emotion representations; parent child relations; socialization of emotion regulation in the family

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING WITH CHILDREN NEGATIVE EMOTIONS SCALE; EMOTION REGULATION QUESTIONNAIRE; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF EXPRESSIVENESS IN THE FAMILY QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; TRAIT META MOOD SCALE;

EID: 84894485744     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025413519014     Document Type: Article

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