Concurrent validity of the olweus Bully/Victim questionnaire

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-73

  Lee, Talisha ^a   Cornell, Dewey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Concurrent validity; Olweus Bully Victim Questionnaire; Peer nominations; Self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951466975     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220903185613     Document Type: Article

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