The developmental trajectories of peer victimization in middle to late childhood and the changing nature of their behavioral correlates

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-260

  Boivin, Michel ^a   Petitclerc, Amélie ^b   Feng, Bei ^a   Barker, Edward D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 77955942905     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: 15350266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mpq.0.0050     Document Type: Article

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