The use of narrative-experiential instruments in contexts of military violence: The case of Palestinian children in the West Bank

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-423

  Veroneseab, Guido ^a,b   Castiglioni, Marco ^a   Said, Mahmud ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Psychologists for Human Rights ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Action sciences; Intervention; Military violence; Palestinian children

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650041342     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: 14693674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2010.529678     Document Type: Article

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