Effects of the Zippy's Friends programme on children's coping abilities during the transition from kindergarten to elementary school

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-60

  Monkeviciené, Ona ^a   Mishara, Brian L ^b   Dufour, Sarah ^c  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Evaluation; Kindergarten; Mental health promotion; Primary school; School adaptation; School transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747857757     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-006-0104-0     Document Type: Article

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