More than talk: relations between emotion understanding and positive behaviour in toddlers.
Background. Associations between positive behaviour, emotion understanding and verbal ability have been reported in studies of preschoolers (Cassidy, Werner, Rourke, Zubernis, & Balaraman, 2003), but have yet to be investigated in younger children. Methods. In this study the performance of 36 toddle...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Developmental Psychology Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 343 - 364 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2005
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