Providing Psychological Assessment Feedback to Children Through Individualized Fables

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 610-618

  Tharinger, Deborah J ^a   Finn, Stephen E ^b   Wilkinson, Alison ^c   DeHay, Tamara ^a   Parton, Victoria T ^a   Bailey, Karen Elaine ^a   Tran, Ai ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Center for Therapeutic Assessment

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

children; fables; feedback; parents; psychological assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57949093467     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.39.6.610     Document Type: Article

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