Assessing the bullying and victimisation experiences of children with special educational needs in mainstream schools: Development and validation of the Bullying Behaviour and Experience Scale

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 611-619

  Fink, Elian ^a   Deighton, Jessica ^a   Humphrey, Neil ^b   Wolpert, Miranda ^a  

^a ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullying; Special educational needs; Victimisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BULLYING; BULLYING BEHAVIOUR AND EXPERIENCE SCALE; CHILD; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SPECIAL EDUCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VICTIM;

EID: 84910620449     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.10.048     Document Type: Article

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