Improving children's adaptation: New evidence regarding the effectiveness of Zippy's Friends, a school mental health promotion program

Advances in School Mental Health Promotion

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 18-28

  Dufour, Sarah ^a   Denoncourt, Julie ^b   Mishara, Brian L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental health; Primary school; Program evaluation; Promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906095024     PISSN: 1754730X     EISSN: 20498535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1754730X.2011.9715633     Document Type: Article

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