Initial validation of a knowledge-based measure of social information processing and anger management

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1007-1020

  Leff, Stephen S ^a,b   Cassano, Michael ^a   MacEvoy, Julie Paquette ^a,b,c   Costigan, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assessment; Collaboration; Schools; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAMPING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; ANGER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAMPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77957683816     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-010-9419-9     Document Type: Article

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