The impact of bullying and sexual harassment on middle and high school girls

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 627-643

  Gruber, James E ^a   Fineran, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual harassment; Bullying

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEW ENGLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 34249072534     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207301557     Document Type: Article

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