Prospective relations between children's responses to peer victimization and their socioemotional adjustment

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 261-272

  Visconti, Kari Jeanne ^a   Troop Gordon, Wendy ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Internalizing problems; Peer relations; Peer victimization; Social adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954540447     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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