Young people's comparisons of cross-gender and same-gender bullying in British secondary schools

Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-301

  O'Brien, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross gender; Focus groups; Gender differences; Interpretivism; Same gender; School bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855860812     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2011.598658     Document Type: Article

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