Perceptions of the Frequency and Importance of Social Support by Students Classified as Victims, Bullies, and Bully/Victims in an Urban Middle School

School Psychology Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 471-489

  Demaray, Michalle Kilpartrick ^a   Malecki, Christine Kerres ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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