Teasing, Rejection, and Violence: Case Studies of the School Shootings

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 202-214

  Leary, Mark R ^a   Kowalski, Robin M ^b   Smith, Laura ^a   Phillips, Stephen ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peer aggression; Rejection; School violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038060342     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.10061     Document Type: Article

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