An Examination of Changes in Emotion Co-regulation Among Mother and Child Dyads During the Strange Situation

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 256-273

  Guo, Yuqing ^a   Leu, Szu Yun ^b   Barnard, Kathryn E ^c   Thompson, Elaine A ^c   Spieker, Susan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic systems; Emotion co regulation; Mother child dyads

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930377819     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1917     Document Type: Article

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