Claiming your connections: A psychosocial group intervention study of black college women

Social Work Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-171

  Jones, Lani V ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Black college women; Group work; Practice research; Psychosocial competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950772957     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: 15456838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/33.3.159     Document Type: Article

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