Explaining friendship formation and friendship stability: The role of children's and friends' aggression and victimization

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-104

  Ellis, Wendy E ^a   Zarbatany, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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