What really happens in violence prevention groups? A content analysis of leaders behaviors and child responses in a school-based violence prevention project

Small Group Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-387

  Letendre, Joan ^a   Davis, Kenya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Kansas Dept of Social Rehab Serv   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior management; Group process; Skill based groups; Urban children; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342930432     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496404263271     Document Type: Article

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