Negative school perceptions and involvement in school bullying: A universal relationship across 40 countries

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 639-652

  Harel Fisch, Yossi ^a   Walsh, Sophie D ^a   Fogel Grinvald, Haya ^a   Amitai, Gabriel ^a   Pickett, William ^b   Molcho, Michal ^c   Due, Pernille ^d   De Matos, Margarida Gaspar ^e   Craig, Wendy ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; Negative school perceptions

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL STRESS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; NEGATIVISM; NORTH AMERICA; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79959775646     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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