Bullying in school: Evaluation and dissemination of the olweus bullying prevention program

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-134

  Olweus, Dan ^a   Limber, Susan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Children's rights; Convention on the Rights of the Child; Cross cultural research; Diffusion of knowledge; Epidemiology; Legislation; Norway; Prevention; Public information campaigns; School wide prevention; Schools; Training of trainers; United States; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NORWAY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; NORWAY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952815042     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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