Individual and Contextual Factors Associated with Patterns of Aggression and Peer Victimization During Middle School

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 285-302

  Bettencourt, Amie F ^a   Farrell, Albert D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Peer victimization; Social information processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872331495     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9854-8     Document Type: Article

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