Student-, classroom-, and school-level risk factors for victimization

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 421-434

  Saarento, Silja ^a   Kärnä, Antti ^a   Hodges, Ernest V E ^b   Salmivalli, Christina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classroom norms; Contextual risk; Multilevel modeling; Peer relations; Teacher attitudes; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84879786770     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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