Child social skills training in developmental crime prevention: Effects on antisocial behavior and social competence

Psicothema

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 603-610

  Beelmann, Andreas ^a   Lösel, Friedrich ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRIME; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEARNING; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPATHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CRIME; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

EID: 33750587199     PISSN: 02149915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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