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EJ534557 PS525538

Title: Children's Expression of Negative Affect: Reasons and Methods.
Author(s): Zeman, Janice; Shipman, Kimberly
Source: Developmental Psychology, v32 n5 p842-49 Sep 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 0012-1649
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1997

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

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