Peer ecologies of aggression and bullying

Bullying in American Schools: A Social-Ecological Perspective on Prevention and Intervention

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 87-106

  Rodkin, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410609700     Document Type: Chapter

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