Initial Behavior Outcomes for the PeaceBuilders Universal School-Based Violence Prevention Program

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 292-308

  Flannery, Daniel J ^a   Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^b   Liau, Albert K ^a,h   Guo, Shenyang ^c   Powell, Kenneth E ^d,i   Atha, Henry ^e   Vesterdal, Wendy ^f   Embry, Dennis ^g  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Pima County (AZ) Comm Serv Dept   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g PAXIS Institute   (United States)

^h NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

ⁱ GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TEACHING; TIME; VIOLENCE;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 85047686985     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.2.292     Document Type: Article

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