Validity of three school climate scales to assess bullying, aggressive attitudes, and help seeking

School Psychology Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-355

  Bandyopadhyay, Sharmila ^a   Cornell, Dewey G ^a   Konoid, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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