School Functioning in Early Adolescence: Gender-Linked Responses to Peer Victimization

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 683-699

  Hoglund, Wendy L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

early adolescence; gender differences; internalizing and externalizing problems; peer victimization; school functioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049011371     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.4.683     Document Type: Article

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