Assessing aggressive and depressed children's social relations with classmates and friends: A matter of perspective

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 609-624

  Brendgen, Mara ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^b   Turgeon, Lyse ^b,c   Poulin, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Depression; Friendship quality; Over and underestimation; Social acceptance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0036886211     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020863730902     Document Type: Review

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