Children's nighttime fears

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 431-443

  King, Neville ^a   Ollendick, Thomas H ^b   Tonge, Bruce J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; HUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0030950664     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(97)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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