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ERIC Number: EJ401210
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Children's Responses to Angry Adult Behavior as a Function of Marital Distress and History of Interparent Hostility.
Cummings, Jennifer S.; And Others
Child Development, v60 n5 p1035-43 Oct 1989
Findings confirm that children discriminate anger from other background emotions. Children's history of exposure to conflict between parents influences the emotional reactions they have and coping strategies they use when faced with anger between others. Children from violent marriages showed solicitous behavior toward their mothers. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Anger, Emotional Experience, Family Problems, Family Relationship, Hostility, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Preschool Children, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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