Emotional development is dependent on family values and emotional support to a large extent. As a child grows, a nurturing family will instill some emotional cues and guidelines. As children interact with other people they also get cues on emotions. They learn love and affection, fear and anger, anxiety and peace, and many more subtle emotive states. These continue to develop throughout life.
Personality traits go hand in hand with emotional development. There is no one perfect emotional state to achieve, rather it is more a striving for more of the positive traits and fewer of the negative traits. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lists 638 primary personality traits, of which 234 are positive, 292 are neutral, and 292 are negative traits.
Emotional development relies on honesty and integrity to be stable. Trust and and honor contribute with self-image and security.