Patterns of Aggressive Behavior and Peer Victimization from Childhood to Early Adolescence: A Latent Class Analysis

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 644-655

  Williford, Anne Powell ^a   Brisson, Daniel ^b   Bender, Kimberly A ^b   Jenson, Jeffrey M ^b   Forrest Bank, Shandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Early adolescence; Latent class analysis; Peer victimization; Social dominance theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; STUDENTS;

EID: 79955866656     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9583-9     Document Type: Article

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