Vulnerable bullies: Perpetration of peer harassment among youths across sexual orientation, weight, and disability status

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1784-1791

  Eisenberg, Marla E ^a   Gower, Amy L ^a   McMorris, Barbara J ^b   Bucchianeri, Michaela M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PEER GROUP; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84939175546     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302704     Document Type: Article

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