Risk and Protective Factors for Homophobic Bullying in Schools: An Application of the Social-Ecological Framework

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-285

  Hong, Jun Sung ^a   Garbarino, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bullying; Ecological systems theory; Homophobia; Sexual minority; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860471502     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-012-9194-y     Document Type: Review

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