"What Works" to Promote Self-Control and Behavior Regulation:
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program

In two separate experimental studies, youth in the treatment group for BB/BS program was less likely to hit someone than youth in the control group (Grossman & Tierney, 1998; Tierney et al., 1995); as mentioned earlier, adolescent externalizing behavior, such as hitting, is often the manifestation of poor regulatory abilities (C. A. King & Young, 1981; Lahey et al., 1980).


 
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