The nature and extent of bullying at school

Journal of School Health

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 173-180

  Dake, Joseph A ^a   Price, James H ^b   Telljohann, Susan K ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FINLAND; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IRELAND; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PLANNING; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0042477892     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2003.tb03599.x     Document Type: Review

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