A qualitative exploration into young children's perspectives and understandings of emotional difficulties in other children

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-90

  Dixon, Clare ^a,b   Murray, Craig ^b   Daiches, Anna ^b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitudes; children; focus groups; interpretative phenomenological analysis; mental health

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872411115     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104511433194     Document Type: Review

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