The impact of peer victimization on later maladjustment: Mediating and moderating effects of hostile and self-blaming attributions

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-55

  Perren, Sonja ^a   Ettekal, Idean ^b   Ladd, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

externalizing problems; hostile attributions; internalizing problems; Peer victimization; self blame

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; BULLYING; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84872852025     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02618.x     Document Type: Article

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