School violence: Bullying behaviors and the psychosocial school environment in middle schools

Children and Schools

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 211-221

  Meyer Adams, Nancy ^a   Conner, Bradley T ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviors; Bullying; School climate; Structural equation modeling; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749098491     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/30.4.211     Document Type: Article

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