• Diffusion of treatment interventions: exploration of ‘secondary’ treatment diffusion 

      Gundersen, Knut; Svartdal, Frode (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      The present report presents outcome results from a randomized controlled effect study on extended Aggression Replacement Training (ART). In a pre–post design, a 30-hour ART intervention was found to significantly reduce ...
    • Editorial. Exploring Social and Emotional Learning: Contributions from two European Conferences 

      Evans, Kathy; Gundersen, Knut; Miljevic-Ridickic, Renata (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This special issue of the International Journal of Emotional Education presents some of the highlights of two International Conferences on the Promotion of Social and Emotional Competence, namely the 10th Anniversary ...
    • Efficacy of Aggression Replacement Training among Children from North-West Russia 

      Koposov, Roman; Gundersen, Knut K.; Svartdal, Frode (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The aim of the study was to assess whether the Aggression Replacement Training (ART) programme is effective in increasing social skills and decreasing problem behaviour. The sample consisted of 232 children (mean age 10.9 ...
    • From ART to AART. The Scandinavian Adapted version of ART 

      Gundersen, Knut K.; Olsen, Tutte M.; Daleflod, Bengt (Other, 2015)
      The A.R.T. program (Goldstein & Glick, 1987; Goldstein, Glick, & Gibbs, 1998; Glick & Gibbs, 2011) has gone through only minor changes through the years. This has been one of the strengths of the program indicating that ...
    • Reducing behaviour problems in young people through social competence programmes 

      Gundersen, Knut K. (The International Journal of Emotional Education;2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      There is a relatively strong relationship between the concepts of behavioural problems and social competence, in that social competence is regarded as one of the most important protective factors in the prevention of ...
    • Social Competence as a Mediating Factor in Reduction of Behavioral Problems 

      Langeveld, Johannes H.; Gundersen, Knut K.; Svartdal, Frode (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The main purpose of the present study was to explore how social competence reduces behavioral problems. Based on previous findings, we assume that increased social competence can be regarded as a mediating factor in reducing ...
    • Virker ART i svenske fengsler? 

      Svartdal, Frode; Gundersen, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This paper discusses a report on the effect of Aggression Replacement Training (ART) in Swedish prisons (Danielsson, Fors, & Freij, 2011). The report compared two samples: An »ART group« that received ART in the period ...