Associations of peer acceptance and perceived popularity with bullying and victimization in early adolescence

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 543-566

  de Bruyn, Eddy H ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^b   Wissink, Inge B ^c  

^a Institute of Educational and Behavioral Studies   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Bullying; Peer relations; Perceived popularity; Social dominance; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954961106     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431609340517     Document Type: Article

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