The Perpetration of School Violence in Taiwan: An Analysis of Gender, Grade Level and School Type

School Psychology International

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 568-584

  Chen, Ji Kang ^a   Astor, Ron Avi ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Culture; Peer violence; School violence; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649107945     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034309107076     Document Type: Article

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