Individualism-collectivism and the attitudes to school bullying of Japanese and Australian students

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 537-556

  Nesdale, Drew ^a   Naito, Mikako ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bullying; Children; Collectivism; Individualism; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944501390     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022105278541     Document Type: Review

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