| Abstract: | Lewis and Michalson's (l983a) theory of emotional development, and their related measurement technique for assessing emotional states of infants and young children, need independent validation, particularly for applied usage. Twenty-eight toddlers (mean age, 31 months) were observed in a seminaturalistic setting. Emotional displays and Lewis and Michalson (LM) scores were coded independently. Some individual cross-contextual stability was found for LM scores, which also varied in mean level across these different contexts. Regarding concurrent validity, microanalytically coded emotional displays were related to LM scores. |
