Developing learned resourcefulness in adolescents to help them reduce their aggressive behavior: Preliminary findings

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 410-426

  Ronen, Tammie ^a   Rosenbaum, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aggression; Cognitive behavioral intervention; Learned resourcefulness; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953838946     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509331875     Document Type: Article

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