Experiences of sexual harassment among elementary school students in Taiwan: Implications for school nurses

Journal of School Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-155

  Chang, Yu Ting ^a   Hayter, Mark ^b   Lin, Mei Ling ^a  

^a TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullying; Elementary; Family life sexuality; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STUDENT; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL NURSING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STUDENTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77954493229     PISSN: 10598405     EISSN: 15468364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059840509355585     Document Type: Article

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