A school-based expressive writing intervention for At-Risk Urban Adolescents' aggressive behavior and emotional lability

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 693-705

  Kliewer, Wendy ^a   Lepore, Stephen J ^b   Farrell, Albert D ^a   Allison, Kevin W ^a   Meyer, Aleta L ^c   Sullivan, Terri N ^a   Greene, Anne Y ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Administration for Children and Families ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WRITING;

EID: 80052681977     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2011.597092     Document Type: Article

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