Peer victimization in dutch school classes of four-to five-year-olds: Contributing factors at the school level

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-177

  Bonnet, Mariëlle ^a   Goossens, Frits A ^a   Willemen, Agnes M ^a   Schuengel, Carlo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 73449090136     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605769     Document Type: Article

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