The Role of Preventive Interventions in Enhancing Neurocognitive Functioning and Promoting Competence in Adolescence

Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention Science

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Greenberg, Mark T ^a   Riggs, Nathaniel R ^b   Blair, Clancy ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Language development; Neurocognitive skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918858910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306255.003.0020     Document Type: Chapter

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