Principals' perceptions and practices of school bullying prevention activities

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 372-387

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

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Bullying prevention; Elementary schools; Principals; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER; VIOLENCE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2442593555     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198104263359     Document Type: Article

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