School bullying: Belief in a personal just world of bullies, victims, and defenders

European Psychologist

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 248-254

  Correia, Isabel ^a   Dalbert, Claudia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; Empathy; Just world beliefs; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849096052     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.13.4.248     Document Type: Article

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