An Initial evaluation of a culturally adapted social problem-solving and relational aggression prevention program for urban African-American relationally aggressive girls

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 260-274

  Leff, Stephen S ^a   Gullan, Rebecca Lakin ^a   Paskewich, Brooke S ^a   Abdul Kabir, Saburah ^a   Jawad, Abbas F ^a   Grossman, Michael ^a   Munro, Melissa A ^a   Power, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hostile attributions; Intervention; Participatory action research; Physical aggression; Relational aggression; School; Urban

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LONELINESS; MALE; PARENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELATIONAL AGGRESSION; RISK; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEACHER; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; BOSTON; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70449116082     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: 15407330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10852350903196274     Document Type: Article

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