Bullying and victimization of primary school children in England and Germany: Prevalence and school factors

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 673-696

  Wolke, Dieter ^a,b   Woods, Sarah ^a   Stanford, Katherine ^a   Schulz, Henrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035512358     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712601162419     Document Type: Article

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