School climate and bullying victimization: A latent class growth model analysis

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 256-271

  Gage, Nicholas A ^a   Prykanowski, Debra A ^a   Larson, Alvin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Meriden Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Latent growth model; School climate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84925585041     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000064     Document Type: Article

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