Bullying in the family: Sibling bullying

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 917-929

  Wolke, Dieter ^a,b   Tippett, Neil ^a   Dantchev, Slava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AUTOMUTILATION; BULLYING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EMOTION; FAMILY; META ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGGRESSION; BULLYING; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EMOTIONS; FAMILY; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84942890298     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00262-X     Document Type: Review

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