Developmental trends in peer victimization and emotional distress in LGB and heterosexual youth

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 423-430

  Robinson, Joseph P ^a   Espelage, Dorothy L ^a   Rivers, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bisexual; Developmental trends; Emotional distress; Gay; Lesbian; Longitudinal analysis; Peer victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PARITY; PEER VICTIMIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84874640426     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2595     Document Type: Article

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