Correlates of victimization in Hong Kong children's peer groups

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-37

  Tom, Shelley R ^a   Schwartz, David ^a   Chang, Lei ^b   Farver, Jo Ann M ^a   Xu, Yiyuan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic functioning; Aggression; Assertiveness prosociability; Hong Kong; Peer victimization; Submissiveness withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149085903     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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