The social contexts of bullying and victimization

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-174

  Parault, Susan J ^a,d   Davis, Heather A ^b   Pellegrini, Anthony D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d and Natural Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Social competence; Social context; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247216620     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431606294831     Document Type: Review

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