Indirect versus verbal forms of victimization at school: The contribution of student, family, and school variables

Social Work Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-169

  Attar Schwartz, Shalhevet ^a   Khoury Kassabri, Mona ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender; Indirect victimization; School ecology; Socioeconomic status; Verbal victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049206471     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/32.3.159     Document Type: Article

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