Detecting bullying in early elementary school with a computerized peer-nomination instrument

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 628-641

  Verlinden, Marina ^a   Veenstra, René ^b   Ringoot, Ank P ^a   Jansen, Pauline W ^c   Raat, Hein ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^c   Tiemeier, Henning ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Aggression; Assessment; Bullying; Child ethnicity; Child children; Computerized peer nomination instrument; Defending; Family socioeconomic background; Gender; Peer relations; Peers; Prosocial behavior; Test reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PEER GROUP; PEER REJECTION; PEERS MEASURE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL;

BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84901820647     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035571     Document Type: Article

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