Incidence and teachers' perceived causation of depression in primary school children in Greece

School Psychology International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-314

  Kleftaras, George ^a   Didaskalou, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Childhood depression; Teacher's perceived causes; Teachers' views

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745464650     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034306067284     Document Type: Article

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