Cyberbullying among youngsters: Profiles of bullies and victims

New Media and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1349-1371

  Vandebosch, Heidi ^a   van Cleemput, Katrien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cyberbullying; Prevalence; Profile bullies; Profile victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549096659     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809341263     Document Type: Article

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