Differential effects of racial composition on male and female groups: Implications for group work practice

Social Work Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-166

  Davis, Larry E ^a   Cheng, Li Chin ^b   Strube, Michael J ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Group work; J model; Race; U model

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642305961     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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