Creating a peaceful school learning environment: The impact of an antibullying program on educational attainment in elementary schools

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Fonagy, Peter ^a   Twemlow, Stuart W ^b,e   Vernberg, Eric ^c   Sacco, Frank C ^d   Little, Todd D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d Community Services Institute ^*  (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Educational attainment; Schools and violence prevention

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHIATRIST; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIOLENCE;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 22244460212     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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