Person-group dissimilarity in involvement in bullying and its relation with social status

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1009-1019

  Sentse, Miranda ^a   Scholte, Ron ^b   Salmivalli, Christina ^c   Voeten, Marinus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bullying; Classroom norms; Peer preference; Social misfit; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BULLYING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34748911715     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9150-3     Document Type: Article

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