Bullying Explains Only Part of LGBTQ-Heterosexual Risk Disparities: Implications for Policy and Practice

Educational Researcher

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 309-319

  Robinson, Joseph P ^a   Espelage, Dorothy L ^a  

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

Author keywords

equity; gay lesbian studies; hierarchical linear modeling; propensity score matching; stress coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868017327     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X12457023     Document Type: Article

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