Effects on coping skills and anxiety of a universal school-based mental health intervention delivered in Scottish primary schools

School Psychology International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-100

  Collins, Sabrina ^a   Woolfson, Lisa Marks ^b   Durkin, Kevin ^b  

^a South Lanarkshire Psychological Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; child mental health; coping; primary school; school psychology; school based intervention; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893063613     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034312469157     Document Type: Article

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