Connected and Isolated Victims of Relational Aggression: Associations with Peer Group Status and Differences between Girls and Boys

Sex Roles

Volumn 68, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 363-377

  Zimmer Gembeck, Melanie J ^a,c   Pronk, Rhiarne E ^a   Goodwin, Belinda ^a   Mastro, Shawna ^a   Crick, Nicki R ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Popularity; Rejection; Relational aggression; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874301572     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0239-y     Document Type: Article

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