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Parker, A. E., Halberstadt, A. G., Dunsmore, J. C., Townley, G. E., Bryant, A., Thompson, J. A., and Beale, K. S. (in press). ""Emotions are a window into one's heart": A qualitative analysis of parental beliefs about children's emotions across three ethnic groups".
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Halberstadt, A. G.; Thompson, J. A.; Parker, A. E. & Dunsmore, J. C. (2008). "Parents' emotion-related beliefs and behaviors in relation to children's coping with the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks".
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Halberstadt, A. G.; Thompson, J. A.; Parker, A. E. & Dunsmore, J. C. (2008). "Parents' emotion-related beliefs and behaviours in relation to children's coping with the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks".
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Halberstadt, A. G.; Dennis, P. A.; Hess, U. (2011). "The influence of family expressiveness, individuals' own emotionality, and self-expressiveness on perceptions of others' facial expressions".
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Halberstadt, A. G. (1991). "Toward an ecology of expressiveness: Family socialization in particular and a model in general", in R. S. Feldman & B. Rimé, editors,
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