Fitting Anxious Emotion-Focused Intervention into the Ecology of Schools: Results from a Test Anxiety Program Evaluation

Prevention Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 200-210

  Weems, Carl F ^a   Scott, Brandon G ^a   Graham, Rebecca A ^a   Banks, Donice M ^a   Russell, Justin D ^a   Taylor, Leslie K ^a   Cannon, Melinda F ^a   Varela, R Enrique ^b   Scheeringa, Michael A ^b   Perry, Andre M ^c   Marino, Reshelle C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MI   (United States)

^d SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Intervention; Prevention; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84937978789     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: 15736695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-014-0491-1     Document Type: Article

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