Effectiveness of an individual school-based intervention for children with aggressive Behaviour: A randomized controlled trial

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 525-548

  Stoltz, Sabine ^a   Van Londen, Monique ^a   Deković, Maja ^a   De Castro, Bram O ^a   Prinzie, Peter ^a   Lochman, John E ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Keywords: School based intervention; randomized controlled trial; reactive and proactive aggression; self perception; social cognitions

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONSUMER; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84876408823     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465812000525     Document Type: Article

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