Predictors of bullying among 10 to 11 year old school students in Australia

Advances in School Mental Health Promotion

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 49-60

  Burns, Sharyn ^a   Cross, Donna ^b   Alfonso, Helman ^c   Maycock, Bruce ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes to bullying; Bullying; Peer support; Primary school students; Social and emotional health

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549110337     PISSN: 1754730X     EISSN: 20498535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1754730X.2008.9715728     Document Type: Article

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