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Learning to Talk about Emotions: A Functionalist Perspective
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BRETHERTON, INGE; FRITZ, JANET; ZAHN-WAXLER, CAROLYN; and RIDGEWAY, DOREEN. Learning to Talk about Emotions: A Functionalist Perspective. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1986, 57, 529-548. Although the recent focus on functionalist theories of emotions has led to an upsurge of interest in many aspects of emotional development, not enough attention has been paid to young children's developing ability to talk about emotions. In this paper we attempt to place what is presently known about this topic into a framework that emphasizes the intrapsychic and interpersonal functions of emotion. We also consider suggestive evidence concerning the importance of the ability to talk about emotions in the conduct of interpersonal interaction. The paper concludes with some ideas on future directions for research, placing particular emphasis on a functionalist approach to the analysis of emotion-denoting terms.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bretherton, I., Fritz, J. J., Zahn‐Waxler, C., & Ridgeway, D.
- Venue
- Child Development
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1986-06-01
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 529-529
- ISSN
- 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2076979024
- Cited by
- 401
- References
- 75
- FWCI
- 16.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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