Bully/victim problems and their association with machiavellianism and self-efficacy in Greek primary school children

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-309

  Andreou, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CRIME VICTIMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS;

EID: 2942616945     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709904773839897     Document Type: Article

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