Costs and benefits of bullying in the context of the peer group: A three wave longitudinal analysis

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1217-1229

  Reijntjes, Albert ^a   Vermande, Marjolijn ^a   Olthof, Tjeert ^b   Goossens, Frits A ^b   Van De Schoot, Rens ^a   Aleva, Liesbeth ^a   Van Der Meulen, Matty ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bullying; Internalizing symptoms; Joint trajectory analysis; Peer acceptance; Perceived popularity; Self perceived social competence; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84885961279     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-013-9759-3     Document Type: Article

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