Childhood bullying: A review of constructs, concepts, and nursing implications

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 556-568

  Liu, Jianghong ^a   Graves, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bullying; Community health nursing; School health; Violence

Indexed keywords

BULLYING; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; VICTIM;

BULLYING; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 80055106524     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00972.x     Document Type: Review

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