The impact of schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports on bullying and peer rejection: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-156

  Waasdorp, Tracy E ^a   Bradshaw, Catherine P ^a   Leaf, Philip J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BULLYING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PEER GROUP; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOLWIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS; TEACHER;

BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84856722612     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.755     Document Type: Article

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