High thresholds and prevention in children's services: The impact of mother's coping strategies on outcome of child and parenting problems-six month follow-up

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-63

  Sheppard, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children in need; Mothers' coping; Parenting; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 59449089646     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm088     Document Type: Article

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