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Peer reviewedAldridge, Michelle; Wood, Joanne – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1997
Fifty-six children (ages 5-11) were presented with plastic playpeople, and scenarios were enacted to elicit emotionally descriptive vocabulary. Children under the age of 8 had a limited repertoire of labels to describe emotions. Even older children were unable to produce vocabulary expresses emotional concepts described by adults. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication
