Immigrant and refugee preschoolers' sandplay representations of the tsunami

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-113

  Lacroix, Louise ^a,b   Rousseau, Cécile ^a,b   Gauthier, Marie France ^a,b   Singh, Abha ^a,b   Giguère, Nadia ^a,b   Lemzoudi, Yasmine ^a,b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Media exposure; Preschoolers; Sandplay; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLAY THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 33947612618     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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