The missing voice: Parents' perspectives of bullying

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1795-1803

  Sawyer, Jami Leigh ^a   Mishna, Faye ^a   Pepler, Debra ^b   Wiener, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adults' perspectives of bullying; Bullying; Parent; Peer victimization; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 80955179564     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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