Bullying in middle schools: Results from a four-school survey

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 264-279

  Pergolizzi, Fabianna ^a   Richmond, Darren ^a   Macario, Samantha ^a   Gan, Zoe ^a   Richmond, Charlotte ^b   Macario, Everly ^b  

^a NEMA Research Inc ^*

^b NEMA Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Child and adolescent health; Emotional health; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849113580     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220902910839     Document Type: Article

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