Vulnerable children in varying classroom contexts bystanders' behaviors moderate the effects of risk factors on victimization

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-282

  Kärnä, Antti ^a   Voeten, Marinus ^b   Poskiparta, Elisa ^a   Salmivalli, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77955930659     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: 15350266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mpq.0.0052     Document Type: Article

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