Relations between executive function and emotionality in preschoolers: Exploring a transitive cognition-emotion linkage

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Ferrier, David E ^a   Bassett, Hideko H ^a   Denham, Susanne A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Emotional expression; Executive function; Preschool; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904507293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00487     Document Type: Article

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