A School-Based Group Activity Therapy Intervention With At-Risk High School Students as It Relates to Their Moral Reasoning

International Journal of Play Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-137

  Paone, Tina R ^a   Packman, Jill ^b   Maddux, Cleborne ^b   Rothman, Terri ^a  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

group activity therapy; group counseling; moral reasoning; play therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349540626     PISSN: 15556824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012582     Document Type: Article

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