Evaluation of the effectiveness of life skills training for Iranian working women

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 23-29

  Moinalghorabaei, Mahdieh ^a   Sanati, Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Education; Iran; Life skills training; Working women

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFE STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAINING;

EID: 77954998130     PISSN: 17358639     EISSN: 17359287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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