Ethnicity and bullying involvement in a national UK youth sample

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 639-649

  Tippett, Neil ^a   Wolke, Dieter ^a   Platt, Lucinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bullying; Ethnicity; Peer victimisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BANGLADESHI; BRITISH; BULLYING; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CHINESE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIAN; IRISH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTANI; PARENT; POVERTY; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENTS; BULLYING; ETHNICITY; PEER VICTIMISATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84877904187     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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