Voices of children, parents and teachers: how children cope with stress during school transition

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 658-678

  Wong, Mun ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

children's; parents and teachers voices; stress and coping; transition to school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924098771     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2014.948872     Document Type: Review

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