Student and teacher responses to violence in school: The divergent views of bullies, victims, and bully-victims

School Psychology International

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 485-503

  Berkowitz, Ruth ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bullying; Israel; School climate; School experience; Student responses to violence; Teacher responses to violence; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927607124     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034313511012     Document Type: Article

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