Adapting Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Mexican American Students With Anxiety Disorders: Recommendations for School Psychologists

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-532

  Wood, Jeffrey J ^a   Chiu, Angela W ^a   Hwang, Wei Chin ^b   Jacobs, Jeffrey ^a   Ifekwunigwe, Muriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; cognitive behavioral therapy; Mexican Americans; school interventions; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949085750     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1045-3830.23.4.515     Document Type: Article

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