An Ecological Approach to Promoting Early Adolescent Mental Health and Social Adaptation: Family-Centered Intervention in Public Middle Schools

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-225

  Stormshak, Elizabeth A ^a   Connell, Arin M ^b   Véronneau, Marie Hélène ^a   Myers, Michael W ^a   Dishion, Thomas J ^a   Kavanagh, Kathryn ^a   Caruthers, Allison S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OREGON; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79551531025     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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