Youth's responses to peer provocation: Links to symptoms of anxiety and depression

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 339-349

  Dirks, Melanie A ^a   Treat, Teresa A ^b   Weersing, V Robin ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Peer provocation; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PEER ACCEPTANCE; PROVOCATION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84905563794     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-014-9406-5     Document Type: Article

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