Bullying and Victimization among adolescents: The role of ethnicity and ethnic composition of school class

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Vervoort, Miranda H M ^a   Scholte, Ron H J ^b   Overbeek, Geertjan ^b  

^a The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bullying; Ethnicity; Multilevel analyses; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249112216     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9355-y     Document Type: Article

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