Attachment, emotional loneliness, and bullying behaviour: A study of adult and young offenders

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 298-312

  Ireland, Jane L ^a,b   Power, Christina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ASHWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult and young offenders; Attachment; Emotional loneliness; Measurement; Scale validation; Self reported bullying behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344697780     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20035     Document Type: Article

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