Agentic or Communal? Associations between Interpersonal Goals, Popularity, and Bullying in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 376-395

  Caravita, Simona C S ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age related differences; Bullying; Motivation; Popularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859638991     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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