A Psychometric Comparison of Two Self-Report Measures of Bullying and Victimization: Differences by Sex and Grade

School Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-57

  Hartung, Cynthia M ^a   Little, Carolyn S ^a   Allen, Erica K ^a   Page, Melanie C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Elementary school; Measurement; Student self report; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951945449     PISSN: 18662625     EISSN: 18662633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12310-010-9046-1     Document Type: Article

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