Bullying Assessment: A Call for Increased Precision of Self-Reporting Procedures

Handbook of Bullying in Schools: An International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 329-345

  Furlong, Michael J ^a   Sharkey, Jill D ^a   Felix, Erika D ^a   Tanigawa, Diane ^a   Green, Jennifer Greif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203864968-26     Document Type: Chapter

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