Associations between peer victimization, fear of future victimization and disrupted concentration on class work among junior school pupils

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-489

  Boulton, Michael J ^a   Trueman, Mark ^b   Murray, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PEER GROUP; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 49949087649     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709908X320471     Document Type: Article

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