A Multilevel Analysis of School Climate, Homophobic Name-Calling, and Sexual Harassment Victimization/Perpetration among Middle School Youth

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 213-222

  Rinehart, Sarah J ^a   Espelage, Dorothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Homophobic name calling; school climate; sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027922091     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0039095     Document Type: Article

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