Child personality as moderator of outcome in a school-based intervention for preventing externalising behaviour

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-279

  Stoltz, Sabine ^a   Prinzie, Peter ^a   De Haan, Amaranta ^b   van Londen, Monique ^a   De Castro, Bram Orobio ^a   Deković, Maja ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intervention; Moderation; Personality; Reactive and proactive aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879551236     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1892     Document Type: Article

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