Peer predictability: An adolescent strategy for increasing a sense of personal safety at school

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 31-56

  de Lara, Ellen ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Adolescents; Bullying; Emotional violence; General systems; Peer predictability; Perception; School violence; Secondary schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937376175     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v01n03_03     Document Type: Article

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