Emotional knowledge in children from 4 to 8 years of age
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It is well demonstrated that children show emotions from the very first moment of life. However, the age at which children become aware of their own emotions is still a very controversial matter. This work presents data analysis of children’s drawings about anger and happiness. The sample is composed by 170 American and Spanish scholar children. Ages ranges from 4 to 8 years old. The elements used by children to draw anger and happiness are facial gestures, specially the shape of the mouth. Results show some gender and cultural differences of non-essential characteristics of both emotions. In addition, it is also noted that there is a developmental pattern due to an increasing management of expression elements of the emotion.
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Ansiedad y Estrés
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Year of Publication |
2000
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Volume |
6
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2-3
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Number of Pages |
191-202
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Date Published |
07/2000
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Type of Article |
Journal article
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ISSN Number |
1134-7937
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ISBN Number |
2174-0437
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