Relationship of the family environment to children's involvement in bully/victim problems at school

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 419-428

  Stevens, V ^a,b   De Bourdeaudhuij, I ^c   Van Oost, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Flemish Institute for Health Promotion   (Belgium)

^c University of Ghent ^*

Author keywords

Bullying behavior; Family environment; Health promotion; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036388921     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020207003027     Document Type: Article

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