A multilevel perspective on the climate of bullying: Discrepancies among students, school staff, and parents

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-132

  Waasdorp, Tracy Evian ^a,b   Pas, Elise T ^a   O'Brennan, Lindsey M ^c   Bradshaw, Catherine P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Discrepancies; Indirect aggression; Multilevel modeling; School climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952983547     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2010.539164     Document Type: Article

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