A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Interventions Aimed to Prevent or Reduce Violence in Teen Dating Relationships

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 7-34

  De La Rue, Lisa ^a   Polanin, Joshua R ^b   Espelage, Dorothy L ^a   Pigott, Terri D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Development Services Group   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

dating violence; interpersonal violence; intervention; prevention; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014717144     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: 19351046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654316632061     Document Type: Article

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