Middle school bullying as a context for the development of passive observers to the victimization of others

Bullying Behavior: Current Issues, Research, and Interventions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 143-156

  Jeffrey, Linda R ^a   Miller, DeMond ^a   Linn, Margaret ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bullying; Middle school socialization; Social context effects; Witnesses to victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069790149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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