Peer victimization trajectories from kindergarten through high school: Differential pathways for children's school engagement and achievement?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 826-841

  Ladd, Gary W ^a   Ettekal, Idean ^a   Kochenderfer Ladd, Becky ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Peer relations; Peer victimization; School engagement; Trajectories of peer victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011357490     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000177     Document Type: Article

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