Factors predicting student intervention when witnessing anti-LGBTQ harassment: The influence of peers, teachers, and climate

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 296-301

  Wernick, Laura J ^a   Kulick, Alex ^b   Inglehart, Marita H ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Critical youth theory; Role Modeling; Sexual minority youth; Student intervention; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871418468     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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