Aggression and victimization in children’s peer groups: A relationship perspective

Feeling Hurt in Close Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 235-259

  Card, Noel A ^a   Isaacs, Jenny ^b   Hodges, Ernest V E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511770548.013     Document Type: Chapter

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