Validation of the perceived school bullying severity scale

Educational Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-182

  Chen, Li Ming ^a   Liu, Kun Shia ^a   Cheng, Ying Yao ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

perceived severity; Rasch measurement; scale development; school bullying; victimisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859187940     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2011.633495     Document Type: Article

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