An overview of the evidence on bullying prevention and intervention programs

Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-341

  Mishna, Faye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti bullying interventions; Bullying; Evaluating bullying programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049098168     PISSN: 14743310     EISSN: 14743329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brief-treatment/mhn020     Document Type: Review

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