Violent victimization in the community and children's subsequent peer rejection: The mediating role of emotion dysregulation

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-185

  Kelly, Brynn M ^a   Schwartz, David ^a   Gorman, Andrea Hopmeyer ^b   Nakamoto, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Emotional control; Peer relations; Social adjustment; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 38349130437     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9168-6     Document Type: Article

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