Behavior Problems in Bedouin Elementary Schoolchildren

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-241

  Auerbach, Judith G ^a   Goldstein, Esther ^b   Elbedour, Salman ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouin children; behavior problems; Child Behavior Checklist

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0034047530     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346150003700205     Document Type: Article

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