Belief in a just world and well-being of bullies, victims and defenders: A study with Portuguese and Indian students

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 497-508

  Correia, Isabel ^a   Kamble, Shanmukh V ^b   Dalbert, Claudia ^c  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; Just world beliefs; School; Victimization; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PORTUGAL; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70449472619     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800902729242     Document Type: Article

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