Prevention of internalizing disorders in 9-10 year old children: Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Positive Thinking Skills Program at 30-month follow-up

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Rooney, Rosanna M ^a   Morrison, David ^a   Hassan, Sharinaz ^a   Kane, Robert ^a   Roberts, Clare ^a   Mancini, Vincent ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aussie Optimism; Externalizing behaviors; Internalizing disorders; Intervention programs for children; Medium term follow up; Primary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891679980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00988     Document Type: Article

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