Improving the School Context of Early Adolescence Through Teacher Attunement to Victimization: Effects on School Belonging

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 989-1009

  Norwalk, Kate E ^a   Hamm, Jill V ^a   Farmer, Thomas W ^b   Barnes, Kathryn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

belonging; bullying; peer cultures; school context; teacher attunement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; STUDENT; TEACHER; VICTIM; WRITING;

EID: 84985953033     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431615590230     Document Type: Article

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