A prospective longitudinal study of children's theory of mind and adolescent involvement in bullying

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-261

  Shakoor, Sania ^a   Jaffee, Sara R ^a   Bowes, Lucy ^a   Ouellet Morin, Isabelle ^a   Andreou, Penelope ^a   Happé, Francesca ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b,c   Arseneault, Louise ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bullying involvement; child development; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORY OF MIND; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THEORY OF MIND; TWINS;

EID: 84856751020     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02488.x     Document Type: Article

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