Youth experiences with multiple types of prejudice-based harassment

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-75

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

^a GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bullying; Harassment; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL APPEARANCE; PREJUDICE; PREJUDICE BASED HARASSMENT; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; BULLYING; GENDER IDENTITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84973879212     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.05.012     Document Type: Article

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