Does School Connectedness Buffer the Impact of Peer Victimization on Early Adolescents' Subsequent Adjustment Problems?

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-266

  Loukas, Alexandra ^a   Pasch, Keryn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

externalizing behaviors; internalizing behaviors; school context; victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872670874     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431611435117     Document Type: Article

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