Relations among school connectedness, hope, life satisfaction, and bully victimization

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 446-460

  You, Sukkyung ^a   Furlong, Michael J ^a   Felix, Erika ^a   Sharkey, Jill D ^a   Tanigawa, Diane ^a   Green, Jennifer Greif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 43849103800     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20308     Document Type: Article

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