A multilevel investigation of the association between school context and adolescent nonphysical bullying

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-149

  Green, Jennifer Greif ^a   Dunn, Erin C ^b   Johnson, Renee M ^c   Molnar, Beth E ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Mental health; Multilevel analysis; School context

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952943460     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2010.539165     Document Type: Article

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