Well-being, school climate, and the social identity process: A latent growth model study of bullying perpetration and peer victimization

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 320-335

  Turner, Isobel ^a   Reynolds, Katherine J ^a   Lee, Eunro ^a   Subasic, Emina ^a   Bromhead, David ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ACT Department of Education and Training   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bullying and victimization; Depression; School climate; School identification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84925642299     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000074     Document Type: Article

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