Bullying Victimisation, Internalising Symptoms, and Conduct Problems in South African Children and Adolescents: A Longitudinal Investigation

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1313-1324

  Boyes, Mark E ^a,b   Bowes, Lucy ^b   Cluver, Lucie D ^b,c   Ward, Catherine L ^c   Badcock, Nicholas A ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anxiety; Bullying; Depression; Gender; South Africa; Victimisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BULLYING; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIME VICTIM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BULLYING; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84919331355     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: 15732835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9888-3     Document Type: Article

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