Effectiveness of School-Based Intervention in Enhancing Mental Health and Social Functioning Among War-Affected Children

Traumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 37-46

  Peltonen, Kirsi ^a   Qouta, Samir ^a   El Sarraj, Eyad ^a   Punamäki, Raija Leena ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

armed conflict; children; mental health; Palestinians; school mediation intervention; social functioning; war

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869852566     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765612437380     Document Type: Article

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