A Longitudinal Path Analysis of Peer Victimization, Threat Appraisals to the Self, and Aggression, Anxiety, and Depression Among Urban African American Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 178-189

  Taylor, Katherine A ^a   Sullivan, Terri N ^a   Kliewer, Wendy ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescence; Peer victimization; Threat appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872351814     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9821-4     Document Type: Article

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