Evaluating cognitive-behavioral group counseling to improve elementary school students' self-esteem, self-control, and classroom behavior

Behavioral Interventions

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-161

  Larkin, Rufus ^a,b   Thyer, Bruce A ^c  

^a Adol and Family Counseling Services   (United States)

^b GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; SELF ESTEEM; TEACHER;

EID: 0032874310     PISSN: 10720847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-078X(199907/09)14:3<147::AID-BIN32>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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