Acceptance and Commitment Therapy versus Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Children With Anxiety: Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 296-311

  Hancock, Karen M ^a   Swain, Jessica ^b   Hainsworth, Cassandra J ^a   Dixon, Angela L ^a   Koo, Siew ^a   Munro, Karen ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84961392928     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2015.1110822     Document Type: Article

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