A multi-component social skills training program for pre-adolescent girls with few friends

Child and Family Behavior Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-18

  Berner, Michelle L ^a   Fee, Virginia E ^a   Turner, Andrea D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Girls' friendship groups; Interpersonal problem solving; Praise groups; Pre adolescent; Social skills training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035592698     PISSN: 07317107     EISSN: 1545228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J019v23n02_01     Document Type: Article

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