School climate, observed risky behaviors, and victimization as predictors of high school students' fear and judgments of school violence as a problem

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 716-736

  Astor, Ron Avi ^a   Benbenishty, Rami ^a   Zeira, Anat ^b   Vinokur, Amiram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STUDENT; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARABS; ATTITUDE; CRIME VICTIMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036886923     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019802237940     Document Type: Article

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