Peer devaluation in British secondary schools: Young people's comparisons of group-based and individual-based bullying

Educational Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-324

  O'Brien, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisals; Attributions; Peer devaluation; Peer groups; School bullying; Social stigmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548282189     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880701550573     Document Type: Article

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