Anxiety, depression, and coping skills among mexican school children: A comparison of students with and without learning disabilities

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-61

  Gallegos, Julia ^a   Langley, Audra ^b   Villegas, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Elementary school; Learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865650417     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: 2168376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731948711428772     Document Type: Article

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