Overt and Relational Aggression in Adolescents: Social-Psychological Adjustment of Aggressors and Victims

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 479-491

  Prinstein, Mitchell J ^a   Boergers, Julie ^b   Vernberg, Eric M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; CRIME VICTIMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0035651004     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3004_05     Document Type: Article

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