Peer victimization, poor academic achievement, and the link between childhood externalizing and internalizing problems

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1775-1788

  van Lier, Pol A C ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^b   Barker, Edward D ^c   Brendgen, Mara ^d   Tremblay, Richard E ^b,e   Boivin, Michel ^f  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VICTIM;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP;

EID: 84866145061     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01802.x     Document Type: Article

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