Strengthening socio-emotional competencies in a school setting: Data from the Pyramid project

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 452-466

  Ohl, Madeleine ^a   Fox, Pauline ^a   Mitchell, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84879997311     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2012.02074.x     Document Type: Article

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