Racial bullying and victimization in Canadian school-aged children: Individual and school level effects

School Psychology International

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-408

  Larochette, Anne Claire ^a   Murphy, Ashley Nicole ^a   Craig, Wendy M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; racial bullying; racial minority groups; school; victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955321031     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034310377150     Document Type: Article

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