Are school policies focused on sexual orientation and gender identity associated with less bullying? Teachers' perspectives

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 29-38

  Russell, Stephen T ^a   Day, Jack K ^a   Ioverno, Salvatore ^b   Toomey, Russell B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender identity; LGBT; Principal reports; School policy; Sexual orientation; Teacher reports

Indexed keywords

BULLYING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL TEACHER; SEXUALITY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

BULLYING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; POLICY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL TEACHERS; SCHOOLS; SEXUALITY; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958530234     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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