The moderating role of peer norms in the associations of social withdrawal and aggression with peer victimization

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1519-1527

  Guimond, Fanny Alexandra ^a   Brendgen, Mara ^b,c   Correia, Stephanie ^b   Turgeon, Lyse ^d   Vitaro, Frank ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Childhood; Peer victimization; Salience of injunctive norms; Social withdrawal

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NORM; STUDENT;

AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NORMS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 85048709680     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000539     Document Type: Article

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