Journal article
Bullying and school transition: Context or development?
Abstract
The relative impact of school transition versus development on peer victimization and bullying perpetration were examined in a natural experiment involving 698 students where half transitioned into middle school from Grade 5 to Grade 6 and the other half remained in their elementary school over the same period. Results indicated that, on average, peer victimization decreased over the transition period while bullying perpetration remained stable …
Authors
Wang W; Brittain H; McDougall P; Vaillancourt T
Journal
Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol. 51, , pp. 237–248
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.004
ISSN
0145-2134