The social context of school bullying: Evidence from a survey of children in south wales

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-291

  Lamberta, Paul ^a   Scourfield, Jonathan ^b   Smalley, Nina ^c   Jones, Raya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Freelance Researcher   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullying; Children; Secondary analysis; Secondary school; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981697802     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520701809866     Document Type: Article

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