Social Behavior and Peer Relationships of Victims, Bully-Victims, and Bullies in Kindergarten

Handbook of Bullying in Schools: An International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 87-99

  Alsaker, Francoise D ^a   Gutzwiller Helfenfinger, Eveline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Teacher Training University of Central Switzerland   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203864968-8     Document Type: Chapter

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