New Beginnings: Evaluation of a short social-emotional intervention for primary-aged children

Educational Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 513-532

  Humphrey, Neil ^a   Kalambouka, Afroditi ^a   Wigelsworth, Michael ^a   Lendrum, Ann ^a   Lennie, Clare ^a   Farrell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Intervention; Social emotional

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954630922     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2010.483039     Document Type: Article

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