Rules of the culture and personal needs: Witnesses' decision-making processes to deal with situations of bullying in middle school

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 445-470

  Ferráns, Silvia Diazgranados ^a   Selman, Robert L ^a   Feigenberg, Luba Falk ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 84871668115     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.82.4.4u5v1n8q67332v03     Document Type: Article

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