Psychosocial interventions and emotion regulation among war-affected children: Randomized control trial effects

Traumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 241-252

  Punamäki, Raija Leena ^a   Peltonen, Kirsi ^a   Diab, Marwan ^b   Qouta, Samir R ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Islamic University Gaza ^*  (Palestine)

^c ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Mental health; Psychosocial intervention; War trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982899127     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0099856     Document Type: Article

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