Psychological Distancing in the Development of Executive Function and Emotion Regulation

Self- and Social-Regulation: Exploring the Relations Between Social Interaction, Social Understanding, and the Development of Executive Functions

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Giesbrecht, Gerald F ^a   Müller, Ulrich ^b   Miller, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Executive function; Parentchild interaction; Psychological distancing; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920606630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195327694.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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