Family talk about feeling states and children's later understanding of others' emotions.

Dunn, Judy, Brown, Jane, Beardsall, Lynn·1991·Developmental Psychology
DOI 10.1037//0012-1649.27.3.448

Abstract

We examined the relation between individual differences in 36-month-old children's conservations about feeling states with their mothers and siblings and their later ability to recognize emotions in an affective-perspective-taking tast at 6 years. Subjects were 41 children observed at home.

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