Androgen dynamics in the context of children's peer relations: An examination of the links between testosterone and peer victimization

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-113

  Vaillancourt, Tracy ^a,b   DeCatanzaro, Denys ^a   Duku, Eric ^a   Muir, Cameron ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bullying; Children; Multilevel modeling; Peer victimization; Sex differences; Social defeat; Social status; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; SECRETION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER GROUP; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 59349097057     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20288     Document Type: Article

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