Peer and cyber aggression in secondary school students: The role of moral disengagement, hostile attribution bias, and outcome expectancies

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-94

  Pornari, Chrisa D ^a   Wood, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyber aggression; Hostile attribution bias; Moral disengagement; Outcome expectancies; Peer aggression

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MORALITY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MORALS; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 77952538363     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20336     Document Type: Article

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