Karniol, R., & Koren, L. (1987). How would you feel? Children& #39;s inferences regarding their own and others& #39; affective reactions. Cognitive Development, 2(3), 271-278.
Kindergarten children listened to stories about emotion-eliciting events and were asked to make inferences about either their own or the story target's affective reactions to these events. They were also asked to justify their responses. Subjects in the self-affect condition made fewer negative affective inferences, offered more coping responses for transforming negative situations into more positive ones, and justified their affective inferences by citing consequences ...
