Peer victimization and authoritative school climate: A multilevel approach

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1186-1201

  Cornell, Dewey ^a   Shukla, Kathan ^a   Konold, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritative school climate theory; Bullying; Multilevel multivariate modeling; Peer victimization; School climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928380958     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000038     Document Type: Article

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