Parents don't (always) know their children have been bullied: Child-parent discrepancy on bullying and family-level profile of communication standards

Human Communication Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-247

  Matsunaga, Masaki ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 62749169980     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2009.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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