• 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 (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 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 ...
    • Social Emotional Competence – too much or too little 

      Gundersen, Knut K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      When we measure social competence, the scores indicate that a person can become better and better just as in other school subjects such as history or geography. In general, these scores also give an actual picture of the ...