Associations between caregiver support, bullying, and depressive symptomatology among sexual minority and heterosexual girls: Results from the 2008 Boston Youth Survey

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-200

  Johnson, Renee M ^a,b   Kidd, Jeremy D ^a   Dunn, Erin C ^b   Green, Jennifer Greif ^c   Corliss, Heather L ^d   Bowen, Deborah ^a  

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

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Depression; Sexual minority; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952979623     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2010.539168     Document Type: Article

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