Effectiveness of a Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program 12-16 Years for High-Risk Irish Families

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-195

  Kumpfer, Karol L ^a   Xie, Jing ^a   O'Driscoll, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cultural adaptation; Family skills training; Ireland; Parenting; Prevention of delinquency and substance abuse; Risk behaviours

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858621341     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-011-9168-0     Document Type: Article

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