Bullying, violence, and risk behavior in South African school students

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-171

  Liang, Holan ^a,b   Flisher, Alan J ^b   Lombard, Carl J ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; Risk behaviors; South Africa; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33847364446     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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