Middle school victims of bullying: Who reports being bullied?

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 373-388

  Unnever, James D ^a   Cornell, Dewey G ^b  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Victim reporting; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444245657     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20030     Document Type: Article

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