The Dynamics of Friendships and Victimization in Adolescence: A Longitudinal Social Network Perspective

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-238

  Sentse, Miranda ^a,b   Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis ^b,c   Salmivalli, Christina ^a,d   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Interuniversity Centre for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS)   (Netherlands)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Friendship; Peer influence; Social network analysis; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84876330337     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21469     Document Type: Article

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