Relational Victimization Predicts Children's Social-Cognitive and Self-Regulatory Responses in a Challenging Peer Context

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1444-1454

  Rudolph, Karen D ^a   Troop Gordon, Wendy ^b   Flynn, Megan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

relational victimization; self regulation; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70249126578     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014858     Document Type: Article

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