Prevalence and correlates of bullying and victimization among school students in rural Egypt

Yasmine Samir Galal1, Maha Emadeldin2, Maha Abdelrahman Mwafy3
1Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 31 Mohamed Hassan El-Gamal Street, 6th Zone, Nasr City, Cairo, 11759, Egypt
2Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, 9/5, 216 Degla Street, Maadi, Cairo, 111342, Egypt
3Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 94 American University Housing Fifth Settlement, Orman, Giza, 651, Egypt

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