The Dark Side of Friends: A Genetically Informed Study of Victimization Within Early Adolescents’ Friendships

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 417-431

  Brendgen, Mara ^a,b   Girard, Alain ^b   Vitaro, Frank ^b,c   Dionne, Ginette ^d   Boivin, Michel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TWINS;

EID: 84926418116     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2013.873984     Document Type: Article

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