A review of evidence-based evaluation of measures for assessing social and emotional well-being in indigenous australians

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-50

  Newton, Danielle ^a   Day, Andrew ^a   Gillies, Christine ^b   Fernandez, Ephrem ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Private Practice   (Australia)

^c Southwestern Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal mental health; Indigenous; Social and emotional well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920973537     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ap.12064     Document Type: Article

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