Strength-based assessment of African-American adolescents with behavioral disorders

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 667-673

  Friedman, Philip ^a   Friedman, Karen A ^b   Weaver, Virginia ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c DC Public Schools

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0141723266     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.2.667     Document Type: Article

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