Cross-national comparison of children's attitudes towards bully/victim problems in school

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 245-257

  Menesini, Ersilia ^a   Eslea, M ^b   Smith, P K ^c   Genta, M L ^c   Giannetti, E ^c   Fonzi, A ^c   Costabile, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attitude; Bully; Gender; Victim

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031517286     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1997)23:4<245::AID-AB3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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