Social withdrawal, peer rejection, and peer victimization in Taiwanese middle school students

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-28

  Wei, Hsi Sheng ^a   Chen, Ji Kang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Peer rejection; Peer victimization; School violence; Social withdrawal; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749108613     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220802067755     Document Type: Article

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