Bullying as strategic behavior: Relations with desired and acquired dominance in the peer group

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-359

  Olthof, Tjeert ^a   Goossens, Frits A ^a   Vermande, Marjolijn M ^b   Aleva, Elisabeth A ^b   van der Meulen, Matty ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bullying; Group processes; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

BULLYING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 79957822240     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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