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Research Article

Racial Differences in the Applicability of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model for Adolescent Bullying Involvement

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Pages 404-424 | Received 18 Apr 2019, Accepted 07 Oct 2019, Published online: 23 Oct 2019

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