Effects of group norms on children's intentions to bully

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 889-907

  Nesdale, Drew ^a   Durkin, Kevin ^b   Maass, Anne ^c   Kiesner, Jeff ^c   Griffiths, Judith A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bullying; Children; Group norms; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049110019     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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