Effects of School-Based Interventions on Secondary School Students with High and Low Risks for Antisocial Behaviour

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-49

  Wright, Robin ^a   John, Lindsay ^a   Livingstone, Anne Marie ^a   Shepherd, Nicole ^a   Duku, Eric ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescents; antisocial behaviour; multicomponent interventions; secondary schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992828482     PISSN: 08295735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0829573507301249     Document Type: Article

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