Casualties of Social Combat: School Networks of Peer Victimization and Their Consequences

American Sociological Review

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 228-257

  Faris, Robert ^a   Felmlee, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bullying; peer victimization; small group hierarchy; social status

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; VULNERABILITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 84898912666     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122414524573     Document Type: Article

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