Teenagers' Explanations of Bullying

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-192

  Thornberg, Robert ^a   Knutsen, Sven ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attribution; Blame the victim; Bullying; Gender; Teenagers' perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955617149     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-010-9129-z     Document Type: Article

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