Peer relations, loneliness, and self-perceptions in school-aged children

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 431-445

  Sletta, Olav ^a   Valås, Harald ^a   Skaalvik, Einar ^a   Søbstad, Frode ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Queen Maud's College of Early Childhood Education   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1842419611     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1996.tb01210.x     Document Type: Article

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