Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for children: A systematic review of intervention studies

Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 73-85

  Swain, Jessica ^a,b   Hancock, Karen ^a,b   Dixon, Angela ^a   Bowman, Jenny ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; ACT; Adolescents; Children; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931011475     PISSN: 22121447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2015.02.001     Document Type: Review

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