Indirect bullying: Predictors of teacher intervention, and outcome of a pilot educational presentation about impact on adolescent mental health

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 2-17

  Dedousis Wallace, Anna ^a,b   Shute, Rosalyn H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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