Victims, bullies, and their defenders: A longitudinal study of the coevolution of positive and negative networks

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 645-659

  Huitsing, Gijs ^a   Snijders, Tom A B ^a,b   Van Duijn, Marijtje A J ^a   Veenstra, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84904855467     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579414000297     Document Type: Article

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