Using FRIENDS to combat anxiety and adjustment problems among young migrants to Australia: A national trial

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-260

  Barrett, Paula M ^a   Sonderegger, Robi ^a   Xenos, Sophia ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Mt Gravatt Campus ^*

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Culture; FRIENDS; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROPHYLAXIS; SELF ESTEEM; SYMPTOM; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0037731346     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104503008002008     Document Type: Article

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