Preparing children to cope with earthquakes: Building emotional competence.
Natural disasters, including earthquakes, can have a traumatic impact on children's psychological wellbeing and development. The efficacy of interventions aimed at enhancing children's socio‐emotional learning has been documented in the literature. At the same time, these techniques are the key for...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Psychology Vol. 114; no. 4; pp. 871 - 908 |
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