Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 360-367 , October 2009

Time Trends, Trajectories, and Demographic Predictors of Bullying: A Prospective Study in Korean Adolescents

  • Young Shin Kim, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Young Shin Kim, M.D., M.S., M.P.H, Ph.D., Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, 230 S. Frontage Road., New Haven, CT 06520.
    • ,
  • W. Thomas Boyce, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Yun-Joo Koh, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Korea Institute for Children's Social Development, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Bennett L. Leventhal, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Received 1 October 2008 ,Accepted 12 February 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00101-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.02.005

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 360-367 , October 2009

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