Peer victimization and social alienation: Predicting deviant peer affiliation in middle school

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-139

  Rudolph, Karen D ^a   Lansford, Jennifer E ^b   Agoston, Anna M ^a   Sugimura, Niwako ^a   Schwartz, David ^c   Dodge, Kenneth A ^b   Pettit, Gregory S ^d   Bates, John E ^e  

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 84894903261     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12112     Document Type: Article

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