Cross-cultural comparison of anxiety symptoms in Colombian and Australian children;Una comparación trascultural de síntomas de la ansiedad entre niños colombianos y australianos

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 497-516

  Amaya, Andrea Crane ^a   Campbell, Marilyn ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Cross cultural; Spence children's anxiety scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957049342     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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