Who escapes or remains a victim of bullying in primary school?

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 835-851

  Wolke, Dieter ^a,c   Woods, Sarah ^b   Samara, Muthanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CRIME VICTIMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PEER GROUP; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 74049135281     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151008X383003     Document Type: Article

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