The intensity of victimization: Associations with children's psychosocial well-being and social standing in the classroom

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Van Der Ploeg, Rozemarijn ^a   Steglich, Christian ^a   Salmivalli, Christina ^b   Veenstra, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULLYING; CHILD; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; STUDENT; VICTIM; WELLBEING; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 84949955850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141490     Document Type: Article

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