Money and age in schools: Bullying and power imbalances

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 280-293

  Chaux, Enrique ^a   Castellanos, Melisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

bullying; Colombia; inequality; normative beliefs; parenting styles; power imbalance; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COLOMBIA; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COLOMBIA; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84921038596     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21558     Document Type: Article

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