Do friends' characteristics moderate the prospective links between peer victimization and reactive and proactive aggression?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 665-680

  Lamarche, Véronique ^a   Brendgen, Mara ^a   Boivin, Michel ^b   Vitaro, Frank ^c   Dionne, Ginette ^b   Pérusse, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Friendships; Proactive aggression; Reactive aggression; Victimization

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUEBEC; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; TWINS;

EID: 34547419135     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9122-7     Document Type: Article

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