The Context of Ethnicity: Peer Victimization and Adjustment Problems in Early Adolescence

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 585-609

  Hoglund, Wendy L G ^a   Hosan, Naheed E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adjustment problems; early adolescence; ethnic diversity; ethnic victimization; peer victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876960292     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431612451925     Document Type: Article

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