Bullying as group phenomenon: An adaptation of the "participant role" approach;Bullying als Gruppenphzänomen: Eine Adaptation des "Participant Role"-Ansatzes

Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-29

  Schäfer, Mechthild ^a   Korn, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bullying; Participant roles; Secondary school; Victimisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144285620     PISSN: 00498637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0049-8637.36.1.19     Document Type: Article

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