Bullying victimization, socioeconomic status and behavioral characteristics of 12th graders in the United States, 1989 to 2009: Repetitive trends and persistent risk differentials

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-21

  Fu, Qiang ^a   Land, Kenneth C ^a   Lamb, Vicki L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

School bullying; School violence; Single parent and non parent families; Zero inflated poisson distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873627785     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-012-9152-8     Document Type: Article

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