Not Just Black and White: Peer Victimization and the Intersectionality of School Diversity and Race

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1241-1250

  Fisher, Sycarah ^a   Middleton, Kyndra ^b   Ricks, Elizabeth ^b   Malone, Celeste ^b   Briggs, Candyce ^b   Barnes, Jessica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Race based victimization; School diversity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940007733     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0243-3     Document Type: Article

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