What works in preventing bullying: Effective elements of anti-bullying programmes

Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-24

  Ttofi, Maria M ^a   Farrington, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti bullying programmes in schools; Evaluation research; Intervention components; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449372895     PISSN: 17596599     EISSN: 20428715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17596599200900003     Document Type: Review

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