Choosing to be violence free in middle school - The student component of the GREAT Schools and Families Universal Program

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 20-28

  Meyer, Aleta L ^a   Allison, Kevin W ^a   Reese, Le'Roy E ^b   Gay, Franklin N ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Analysis Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RESPONSIBILITY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOLOGY; STUDENT; TEACHER; THEORY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0348077419     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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