The relationship between bullying behaviours and high school dropout in Cape Town, South Africa

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-32

  Townsend, Loraine ^a   Flisher, Alan J ^a   Chikobvu, Perpetual ^b   Lombard, Carl ^c   King, Gary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying behaviour; Bullying prevalence; Cape Town; High school dropout; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049114449     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630803800102     Document Type: Article

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