The benefits of booster interventions: Evidence from a family-focused prevention program

Prevention Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-297

  Tolan, Patrick H ^a   Gorman Smith, Deborah ^a   Henry, David ^a   Schoeny, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Booster effects; Family intervention; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450227559     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-009-0139-8     Document Type: Article

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