Code of Silence: Students' Perceptions of School Climate and Willingness to Intervene in a Peer's Dangerous Plan

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 219-232

  Syvertsen, Amy K ^a   Flanagan, Constance A ^a   Stout, Michael D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; intervention; peers; school climate; teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849086751     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013246     Document Type: Article

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