TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Talking about feelings: young children's ability to express emotions
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Aldridge, M.
A1  - Wood, Jenifer
SP  - 1221
EP  - 33; discussion 1217
VL  - 21
IS  - 12
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The aim is to establish which emotion-descriptive language is used by children at different ages. METHOD: Fifty-six children (aged 5 to 11 years) were presented with a set of plastic playpeople. Scenarios were enacted using the toys to elicit emotion descriptive vocabulary in response to the interviewer's question: How do you think s/he feels about that? Eight adult subjects participated as a control. RESULTS: Children under the age of 8 years have a limited repertoire of labels to describe emotions. Even 11-year-olds are unable to produce vocabulary which expresses emotion concepts described by adults. The implications of our findings for child-police interviews are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -