what works for whom, how and under what circumstances? Testing moderated mediation of intervention effects on externalizing behavior in children

Social Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 406-425

  Stoltz, Sabine ^a   Deković, Maja ^a   van Londen, Monique ^a   Orobio de Castro, Bram ^a   Prinzie, Peter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Moderated mediation; Reactive and proactive aggression; Self perception; Social information processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876420767     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12017     Document Type: Article

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