Can socially adept friends protect peer-victimized early adolescents against lower academic competence?

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-30

  Tu, Kelly M ^a   Erath, Stephen A ^a   Flanagan, Kelly S ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic competence; Early adolescence; Friends; Peer victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855878250     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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