Consequences of being bullied: Results from a longitudinal assessment of bullying victimization in a multisite sample of American students

Youth and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-233

  Esbensen, Finn Aage ^a   Carson, Dena C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying definition and measurement; Bullying victimization; School victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449397069     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X09351067     Document Type: Article

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