Determinants of adolescents' active defending and passive bystanding behavior in bullying

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-105

  Gini, Gianluca ^a   Albiero, Paolo ^a   Benelli, Beatrice ^a   Altoè, Gianmarco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 38549144247     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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