Traditional and Cyber Aggressors and Victims: A Comparison of Psychosocial Characteristics

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-404

  Sontag, Lisa M ^a   Clemans, Katherine H ^b   Graber, Julia A ^c   Lyndon, Sarah T ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cyber aggression; Cyber victimization; Externalizing; Internalizing; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79952486110     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9575-9     Document Type: Article

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