Rejection and Victimization among Elementary School Children: The Buffering Role of Classroom-Level Predictors

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-17

  Serdiouk, Marina ^a   Rodkin, Philip ^a   Madill, Rebecca ^b   Logis, Handrea ^a   Gest, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centralization; Rejection; Teaching practices; Victimization

Indexed keywords

BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84888231787     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-013-9826-9     Document Type: Article

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