Coping with peer victimization: The role of children's attributions

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-140

  Visconti, Kari Jeanne ^a   Sechler, Casey M ^a   Kochenderfer Ladd, Becky ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Coping; Social cognition; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882683807     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000014     Document Type: Article

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