Enhancing the emotional and social skills of the youth to promote their wellbeing and positive development: A systematic review of universal school-based randomized controlled trials

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-40

  Sancassiani, Federica ^a   Pintus, Elisa ^a   Holte, Arne ^b   Paulus, Peter ^c   Moro, Maria Francesca ^a   Cossu, Giulia ^a   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^a   Carta, Mauro Giovanni ^a   Lindert, Jutta ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES EMDEN LEER   (Germany)

^e BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children wellbeing; Emotional skills; Health promotion; Positive development; Randomised controlled trials; School; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LIFESTYLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84929624161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901511010021     Document Type: Article

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