The Link Between Parents' Perceptions of the School and Their Responses to School Bullying: Variation by Child Characteristics and the Forms of Victimization

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 324-335

  Waasdorp, Tracy Evian ^a   Bradshaw, Catherine P ^a   Duong, Jeffrey ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bullying; Family involvement; Parents; Peer victimization; School climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957819293     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022748     Document Type: Article

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