Patterns of bullying and victimization associated with other problem behaviors among high school students: A conditional latent class approach

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-22

  Lovegrove, Peter J ^a   Cornell, Dewey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bullying victimization; latent class analysis; problem behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897881834     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2013.832475     Document Type: Article

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