An Investigation Into How Students Respond to Being Victimized by Peer Aggression

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-358

  Sulkowski, Michael L ^a   Bauman, Sheri A ^a   Dinner, Stephanie ^a   Nixon, Charisse ^b   Davis, Stan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Stop Bullying Now ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; bullying; peer reporting; peer victimization; school connectedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905400779     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2013.857344     Document Type: Article

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