Associations between being bullied, perceptions of safety in classroom and playground, and relationship with teacher among primary school pupils

Educational Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-267

  Boulton, Michael J ^a   Duke, Elizabeth ^a   Holman, Gemma ^a   Laxton, Eleanor ^a   Nicholas, Beth ^a   Spells, Ruth ^a   Williams, Emma ^a   Woodmansey, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullying; Classroom; Playground; Safety; Teacher pupil relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449412317     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690802648580     Document Type: Article

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