Examining Student Responses to Frequent Bullying: A Latent Class Approach

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 336-352

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

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

Author keywords

Bullying; Coping; Indirect relational aggression; Peer victimization; Responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957835121     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022747     Document Type: Article

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