The relationship between perceived school climate and the prevalence of bullying behavior in Greek schools: Implications for preventive inclusive strategies

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 2208-2215

  Giovazolias, Theodoros ^a   Kourkoutas, Elias ^a   Mitsopoulou, Effrosyni ^a   Georgiadi, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bullying; Counseling; Inclusive education; Risky behaviors; School climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549253853     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.07.437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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