Factors associated with perceptions and responses to bullying situations by children, parents, teachers, and principals

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-288

  Mishna, Faye ^a   Pepler, Debra ^b   Wiener, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bullying; Bullying definition; Children's and adults perspectives; Perceptions of bullying; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949113631     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880600626163     Document Type: Article

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