Increasing engagement in groups: A measurement based approach

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-28

  Macgowan, Mark J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Engagement; Groups; Measurement; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746093970     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v26n01_02     Document Type: Article

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