Play, Aggression, the Preschool Child, and the Family: A Review of Literature to Guide Empirically Informed Play Therapy With Aggressive Preschool Children

International Journal of Play Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-23

  Davenport, Becky R ^a   Bourgeois, Nicole M ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aggression; conduct problems; parent child play; play therapy; preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650835958     PISSN: 15556824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1555-6824.17.1.2     Document Type: Article

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