Peers and teachers as facilitators of the life skills program IPSY - Results from a pilot study

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Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 247-258

  Weichold, Karina ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facilitators; Life skills program; Peers; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RESISTANCE SKILL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEACHER;

EID: 84865320407     PISSN: 09395911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0939-5911.a000193     Document Type: Article

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