Middle school youth: Satisfaction with and responses to a dating violence and sexual assault prevention program

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-153

  Elias Lambert, Nada ^a   Black, Beverly ^a   Sharma, Yasoda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dating violence; Group composition; Middle school youth; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951447196     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220903585887     Document Type: Article

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