Stability and change in risk seeking: Investigating the effects of an intervention program

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-106

  Hay, Carter ^a   Meldrum, Ryan ^a   Forrest, Walter ^b   Ciaravolo, Emily ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Risk seeking; Self control; The Children at Risk program; Within individual change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952395423     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204009349398     Document Type: Article

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