Development and Psychometric Properties of the Homophobic Bullying Scale

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 649-664

  Prati, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

adolescents; aggression; bullying; homophobia; scale; victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863596740     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164412440169     Document Type: Article

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