Male and female victims of male bullies: Social status differences by gender and informant source

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 72-84

  Berger, Christian ^a   Rodkin, Philip C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Informant source; Social status; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650602080     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9605-9     Document Type: Article

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