Bullying in school: An overview of types, effects, family characteristics, and intervention strategies

Children and Schools

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-109

  Smokowski, Paul R ^a   Kopasz, Kelly Holland ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bullying; Victimization; Violence prevention; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744525383     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/27.2.101     Document Type: Review

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