Aggressive behaviour in at-risk children: Contribution of subjective well-being and family cohesion

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 284-295

  Hamama, Liat ^a   Arazi, Yael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Children; Day centres; Family cohesion; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863865851     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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