Ecological Theory: Preventing Youth Bullying, Aggression, and Victimization

Theory into Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 257-264

  Espelage, Dorothy L ^a  

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

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EID: 84919619417     PISSN: 00405841     EISSN: 15430421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405841.2014.947216     Document Type: Article

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