Seek help from teachers or fight back? Student perceptions of teachers' actions during conflicts and responses to peer victimization

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 658-669

  Aceves, Mario J ^a   Hinshaw, Stephen P ^a   Mendoza Denton, Rodolfo ^a   Page Gould, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Conflict resolution; Reactive aggression; Student teacher relationships; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CRIME VICTIMS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77951766771     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9441-9     Document Type: Article

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