Not just pushing and shoving: School bullying among African American adolescents

Journal of School Health

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-22

  Fitzpatrick, Kevin M ^a   Dulin, Akilah J ^b   Piko, Bettina F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adolescence; African American; Bullying

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ALABAMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33845868790     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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