Bridging the gender gap: Interventions with aggressive girls and their parents

Prevention Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-238

  Pepler, Debra ^a,b   Walsh, Margaret ^c   Yuile, Amy ^a,b   Levene, Kathryn ^c   Jiang, Depeng ^a,d   Vaughan, Alice ^a   Webber, Jeanine ^e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Child Development Institute Toronto   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Externalizing behavior problems; Gender sensitive intervention; Girls' aggression; Parenting skills

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77954624768     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-009-0167-4     Document Type: Article

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