Authoritative School Discipline: High School Practices Associated With Lower Bullying and Victimization

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 483-496

  Gregory, Anne ^a   Cornell, Dewey ^a   Fan, Xitao ^a   Sheras, Peter ^a   Shih, Tse Hua ^a   Huang, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; At risk students; Classroom management; High schools; Learning environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955027215     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018562     Document Type: Article

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