Beyond the Deficit Model: Bullying and Trajectories of Character Virtues in Adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 991-1003

  Hilliard, Lacey J ^a   Bowers, Edmond P ^a   Greenman, Kathleen N ^a   Hershberg, Rachel M ^a   Geldhof, G John ^b   Glickman, Samantha A ^a   Lerner, Jacqueline V ^c   Lerner, Richard M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; Character; Latent growth curve; Peer victimization; Positive youth development; Relational developmental systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900014123     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0094-y     Document Type: Article

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