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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

