The association between adolescents' beliefs in a just world and their attitudes to victims of bullying

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-198

  Fox, Claire L ^a   Elder, Tracey ^b   Gater, Josephine ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Palmers College of Further Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CULTURE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 77952922456     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709909X479105     Document Type: Article

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