Cognitive mediators of the effect of peer victimization on loneliness

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 403-416

  Catterson, Jennifer ^a   Hunter, Simon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM; CRIME VICTIM; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONELINESS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 77955067709     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709909X481274     Document Type: Article

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