Individual and Contextual Factors Associated with Patterns of Aggression and Peer Victimization During Middle School.
Peer victimization is a common problem among adolescents that has been linked to a variety of adjustment problems. Youth involved in peer victimization represent a heterogeneous group who may differ not only in their levels of victimization and perpetration, but also in the factors that influence th...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 285 - 303 |
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