A naturalistic observational study of children's expressions of anger in the family context

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 272-283

  Sears, Meredith S ^a   Repetti, Rena L ^a   Reynolds, Bridget M ^a   Sperling, Jacqueline B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Emotion expression; Naturalistic; Parent child interactions

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOICE;

ANGER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84897956782     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034753     Document Type: Article

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