Social information-processing skills training to promote social competence and prevent aggressive behavior in the third grade

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1045-1055

  Fraser, Mark W ^a   Galinsky, Maeda J ^a   Smokowski, Paul R ^a   Day, Steven H ^a   Terzian, Mary A ^a   Rose, Roderick A ^a   Guo, Shenyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Prevention; Social aggression; Social competence; Social information processing

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; TEACHER; TRAINING;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEACHING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 31544461499     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.6.1045     Document Type: Article

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