Development process and outcome evaluation of a program for raising awareness of indirect and relational aggression in elementary schools: A preliminary study

School Psychology Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 552-568

  Verlaan, Pierrette ^a   Turmel, France ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Quebec Ministry of Education   (Canada)

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