Developmental associations between victimization and body mass index from 3 to 10 years in a population sample

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-122

  Qualter, Pamela ^a,b,e,h   Murphy, Suzanne M ^c   Abbott, Janice ^a   Gardner, Kathryn J ^a   Japel, Christa ^b,d,e,h   Vitaro, Frank ^b,e,h   Boivin, Michel ^b,e,h   Tremblay, Richard E ^b,e,f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BMI; Bullying; Cross lagged analyses; Longitudinal study; Obesity; Overweight; Victimization

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY;

BODY MASS INDEX; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85027948267     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21580     Document Type: Article

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