What can be done about school bullying? linking research to educational practice

Educational Researcher

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-47

  Swearer, Susan M ^a   Espelage, Dorothy L ^b   Vaillancourt, Tracy ^c   Hymel, Shelley ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

At risk students; School psychology; Student behavior attitudes; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951477186     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X09357622     Document Type: Article

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