The contributions of community, family, and school variables to student victimization

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 187-204

  Khoury Kassabri, Mona ^a   Benbenishty, Rami ^a   Astor, Ron Avi ^b   Zeira, Anat ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Culture; School ecology; School violence

Indexed keywords

ARAB; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; THREAT; VARIANCE; VERBALIZATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARABS; CRIME VICTIMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 12944265050     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-004-7414-4     Document Type: Review

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