Prevalence of bullying and aggressive behavior and their relationship to mental health problems among 12- to 15-year-old Norwegian adolescents

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 803-811

  Undheim, Anne Mari ^a   Sund, Anne Mari ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggressive behavior; Being bullied; Epidemiology; Mental health; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BULLYING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HARTER'S SELF PERCEPTION PROFILE FOR ADOLESCENTS; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOODS AND FEELINGS QUESTIONNAIRE; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; STUDENT; YOUTH SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY;

EID: 78249284918     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-010-0131-7     Document Type: Article

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