Short-Term Effects of a Writing Intervention Among Adolescents in Gaza

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 403-422

  Lange Nielsen, Ida Ingridsdatter ^a   Kolltveit, Silje ^a   Thabet, Abdel Aziz Mousa ^b   Dyregrov, Atle ^c   Pallesen, Ståle ^a   Johnsen, Tom Backer ^a   Laberg, Jon Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Child and Family Training and Counseling Center   (Palestine)

^c Center for Crisis Psychology   (Norway)

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EID: 84861629734     PISSN: 15325024     EISSN: 15325032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2011.650128     Document Type: Article

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