Effect of guided imagery on children's social performance

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 471-483

  Hernández Guzmán, Laura ^a,b   González, Socorro ^a   López, Florente ^a  

^a National University of   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Children; Coping; Guided imagery; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0036811086     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465802004083     Document Type: Article

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