Cultivating reputations: The social goal of Western Australian primary school bullies

Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-48

  Nathan, Elijah ^a   Houghton, Stephen ^a   Tan, Carol ^b   Carroll, Annemaree ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bullying; Children; Reputations; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960789667     PISSN: 10372911     EISSN: 18392520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/ajgc.21.1.33     Document Type: Article

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