Overt and relational victimization: A meta-analytic review of their overlap and associations with social-psychological adjustment

Child Development

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 466-483

  Casper, Deborah M ^a   Card, Noel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CHILD; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84995632225     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12621     Document Type: Article

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