Assessing peer victimization across adolescence: Measurement invariance and developmental change

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Rosen, Lisa H ^a   Beron, Kurt J ^a   Underwood, Marion K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement invariance; Overt victimization; Social victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OVERT VICTIMIZATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVISED SOCIAL EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL VICTIMIZATION; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84875358299     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028985     Document Type: Article

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