A Social Network Approach to the Interplay Between Adolescents’ Bullying and Likeability over Time

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1409-1420

  Sentse, Miranda ^a,b   Kiuru, Noona ^c   Veenstra, René ^b   Salmivalli, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bullying; Longitudinal; Peer relationships; Social network analysis; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84929130692     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0129-4     Document Type: Article

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