Inter-cultural differences in response to a computer-based anti-bullying intervention

Educational Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-80

  Watson, Scott E J ^a   Vannini, Natalie ^b   Woods, Sarah ^a   Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^a   Sapouna, Maria ^c   Enz, Sibylle ^d   Schneider, Wolfgang ^b   Wolke, Dieter ^c   Hall, Lynne ^e   Paiva, Ana ^f   André, Elizabeth ^g   Aylett, Ruth ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f INESC ID   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^h HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti bullying intervention; Bullying; Computer based; Cultural difference; Longitudinal study; Virtual learning environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950880151     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881003588261     Document Type: Article

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