Poverty, household chaos, and interparental aggression predict children's ability to recognize and modulate negative emotions

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 695-708

  Raver, C Cybele ^a   Blair, Clancy ^a   Garrett Peters, Patricia ^b   Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^b   Greenberg, Mark ^c   Cox, Martha ^b   Burchinal, Peg ^b   Willoughby, Michael ^b   Mills Koonce, Roger ^b   Ittig, Maureen ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84944865956     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579414000935     Document Type: Article

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