Does bullying victimization suppress IQ? the effects of bullying victimization on IQ in Iraqi and African American Adolescents: A traumatology perspective

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 431-453

  Kira, Ibrahim A ^a   Lewandowski, Linda ^b   Ashby, Jeffrey S ^c   Somers, Cheryl ^d   Chiodo, Lisa ^b   Odenat, Lydia ^e  

^a Center for Cumulative Trauma Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bullying victimization; identity trauma; IQ; IQ discrepancy indexes; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RACISM; REFUGEE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VICTIM; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84900855804     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2014.904463     Document Type: Article

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