Associations between antibullying policies and bullying in 25 states

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Hatzenbuehler, Mark L ^a   Schwab Reese, Laura ^b   Ranapurwala, Shabbar I ^b   Hertz, Marci F ^c   Ramirez, Marizen R ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYBERBULLYING; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERNET; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PEER GROUP; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNET; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943401233     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.2411     Document Type: Article

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