Change of school playground environment on bullying: A randomized controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Farmer, Victoria L ^a   Williams, Sheila M ^a   Mann, Jim I ^a   Schofield, Grant ^b   McPhee, Julia C ^b   Taylor, Rachael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAPPINESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PLAY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TEACHER; ENVIRONMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; SCHOOL; UNIVERSITY;

BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FACULTY; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; PARENTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SCHOOLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85019017139     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-3072     Document Type: Article

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