Nancy Eisenberg, Richard A. Fabes, Bridget C. Murphy, Parents' Reactions to Children's Negative Emotions: Relations to Children's Social Competence and Comforting Behavior, Child Development, Vol. 67, No. 5 (Oct., 1996), pp. 2227-2247
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