Student victimization by peers in elementary schools: Individual, teacher-class, and school-level predictors

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-282

  Khoury Kassabri, Mona ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fear; Gender; School climate; Teacher self efficacy; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BULLYING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SAFETY; SCHOOL SAFETY; SCHOOL STRESS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STUDENT VICTIMIZATION; TEACHER; VIOLENCE;

BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 79955916490     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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