Some of my best friends - Experiences of bullying within friendships

School Psychology International

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 549-573

  Mishna, Faye ^a   Wiener, Judith ^a   Pepler, Debra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bullying; Bullying definition; Bullying within friendships; Children's and adults' perspectives of bullying; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149129944     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034308099201     Document Type: Article

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