Positive peer relationships and risk of victimization in Chinese and South Korean children's peer groups

Social Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-127

  Abou ezzeddine, Tania ^a   Schwartz, David ^a   Chang, Lei ^b   Lee Shin, Yoolim ^c   Farver, JoAnn ^a   Xu, Yiyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Samsung Welfare Foundation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

China; Friendship; Peer victimization; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846597928     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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