Bully busters abbreviated: Evaluation of a group-based bully intervention and prevention program

Group Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-267

  Bell, Christopher D ^a   Raczynski, Katherine A ^b   Horne, Arthur M ^b  

^a AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bullying; Group interventions; Middle school; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956897720     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020596     Document Type: Article

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