Friendship as a moderator of the relationship between social skills problems and peer victimisation

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-121

  Fox, Claire L ^a   Boulton, Michael J ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullying; Friendship; Peer acceptance; Peer victimisation; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645307094     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20114     Document Type: Article

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