Perceived prevalence of teasing and bullying predicts high school dropout rates

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 138-149

  Cornell, Dewey ^a   Gregory, Anne ^b   Huang, Francis ^a   Fan, Xitao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Bullying; Dropout; High school; Peer victimization; School climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880980909     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030416     Document Type: Article

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