Early adolescent school adjustment: Associations with friendship and peer victimization

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 853-870

  Erath, Stephen A ^a   Flanagan, Kelly S ^b   Bierman, Karen L ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Friendship; Middle school; Peer victimization; School adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049126961     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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