Classroom- and school-level contributions to bullying and victimization: A review

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 204-218

  Saarento, Silja ^a   Garandeau, Claire F ^a   Salmivalli, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antibullying programs; Bullying; Classroom and school contexts; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928068773     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2207     Document Type: Article

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