Victimising of school bullying: A grounded theory

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-329

  Thornberg, Robert ^a   Halldin, Karolina ^a   Bolmsjö, Natalie ^a   Petersson, Annelie ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bullying; grounded theory; labelling; qualitative interview; stigma; victimising

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879131533     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2011.641999     Document Type: Article

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