Single session email consultation for parents: an evaluation of its effect on empowerment

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 131-143

  Nieuwboer, Christa C ^a   Fukkink, Ruben G ^b   Hermanns, Jo M A ^b  

^a FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

email consultation; empowerment; experiment; parenting support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921412309     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: 14693534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2014.929636     Document Type: Article

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