Peer group affiliation of children: The role of perceived popularity, likeability, and behavioral similarity in bullying

Social Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-303

  Witvliet, Miranda ^a   Olthof, Tjeert ^a   Hoeksma, Jan B ^a   Goossens, Frits A ^a   Smits, Marieke S I ^a   Koot, Hans M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bullying; Likeability; Peer group affiliation; Perceived popularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952036358     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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