A cross-national profile of bullying and victimization among adolescents in 40 countries

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Craig, Wendy ^a,i   Harel Fisch, Yossi ^b   Fogel Grinvald, Haya ^b   Dostaler, Suzanne ^a   Hetland, Jorn ^c,i   Simons Morton, Bruce ^d   Molcho, Michal ^e,i   de Matos, Margarida Gaspar ^f,i   Overpeck, Mary ^g,i   Due, Pernille ^h,i   Pickett, William ^h   Mazur, Joanna ⁱ   Favresse, Damien ⁱ   Leveque, Alain ⁱ   Pickett, Will ⁱ   Aasvee, Katrin ⁱ   Varnai, Dora ⁱ   Harel, Yossi ⁱ   Korn, Liat ⁱ   Villerusa, Anita ⁱ   Ramos Valverde, Pilar ⁱ   Scheidt, Peter ⁱ   Boyce, Will ⁱ   Holstein, Bjorn ⁱ   Vollebergh, Wilma ⁱ   Samdal, Oddrun ⁱ   van der Sluijs, Winfried ⁱ   Katreniakova, Zuzana ⁱ   Nansel, Tonja ⁱ   more..

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^g National Center for Child Death Review   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Bullying; Country comparison; Prevalence rates; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BALTIC STATES; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; BULLYING; CANADA; CHILD; CROATIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; ESTONIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ICELAND; IRELAND; ISRAEL; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; LUXEMBOURG; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; MALTA; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VICTIMIZATION;

EID: 69249212303     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-5413-9     Document Type: Article

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