Families promote emotional and behavioural resilience to bullying: Evidence of an environmental effect

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 809-817

  Bowes, Lucy ^a   Maughan, Barbara ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b   Arseneault, Louise ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying victimisation; Family; Protective factors; Resilience

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENGLAND; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 77953191349     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02216.x     Document Type: Article

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