Social skills training for secondary students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders: A review and analysis of the meta-analytic literature

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-144

  Cook, Clayton R ^a   Gresham, Frank M ^b   Kern, Lee ^c   Barreras, Ramón B ^a   Thornton, Sage ^a   Crews, S Dean ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Emotional disturbance; Meta analysis; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249129865     PISSN: 10634266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063426608314541     Document Type: Review

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