Understanding school climate, aggression, peer victimization, and bully perpetration: Contemporary science, practice, and policy

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-237

  Espelage, Dorothy L ^a   Low, Sabina K ^b   Jimerson, Shane R ^c  

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

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assessment; Bullying; Peer victimization; School climate; School based intervention

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; HUMAN; PEER GROUP; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; POLICY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84925586195     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000090     Document Type: Article

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