Perceptions of violence and fear of school attendance among junior high school students in Israel

Social Work Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-87

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

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Israel; Junior high school; School violence; Structural equation modeling; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040076542     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/26.2.71     Document Type: Article

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