The Development of a School-Based Measure of Child Mental Health

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 247-257

  Deighton, Jessica ^a   Tymms, Peter ^b   Vostanis, Panos ^c   Belsky, Jay ^d   Fonagy, Peter ^a   Brown, Anna ^e   Martin, Amelia ^a   Patalay, Praveetha ^a   Wolpert, Miranda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child; Me My School; mental health; school surveys; self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878149935     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282912465570     Document Type: Article

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