What predicts the quality of children's friendships? Study shows cognition, emotion together play

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Child development researchers at U of I wanted to look at what predicts the quality of children's friendships. In a recent study published in the journal Child Development, the researchers measured a child's cognitions about negative but ambiguous peer events (attribution biases) and the child's tendency to experience and express strong emotions (emotional intensity).
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news