Reconsideration of the use of peer sociometrics for evaluating social- skills training: Implications of an idiographic assessment of temporal stability

Behavior Modification

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-299

  Hansen, David J ^a   Nangle, Douglas W ^b   Ellis, James T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY; TIME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029890544     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01454455960203003     Document Type: Article

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