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ERIC Number: EJ534557
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Children's Expression of Negative Affect: Reasons and Methods.
Zeman, Janice; Shipman, Kimberly
Developmental Psychology, v32 n5 p842-49 Sep 1996
Examines the influence of socialization figures (parents, friends), emotion type (anger, sadness, physical pain), age, and gender on 66 second-grade and 71 fifth-grade children's reasons for and methods of affect expression. Found that girls reported using verbal means to communicate emotion, whereas boys cited mildly aggressive methods. (MDM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Emotional Development, Influences, Interpersonal Relationship, Negative Attitudes, Sex Differences, Socialization
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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