Impact of the word " bully" on the reported rate of bullying behavior

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-204

  Kert, Allison S ^a   Codding, Robin S ^b   Tryon, Georgiana Shick ^a   Shiyko, Mariya ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 77955645811     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20464     Document Type: Article

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