Investigating the comparability of a self-report measure of childhood bullying across countries

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-93

  Konishi, Chiaki ^a   Hymel, Shelley ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^a   Zhen, Li ^a   Taki, Mitsuru ^b   Slee, Phillip ^c   Pepler, Debra ^d   Sim, Hee Og ^e   Craig, Wendy ^f   Swearer, Susan ^g   Kwak, Keumjoo ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^h Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bullying; Comparability; Cross national study; Measure

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749128990     PISSN: 08295735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0829573509331614     Document Type: Article

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