Has cyber technology produced a new group of peer aggressors?

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 297-302

  Dempsey, Allison G ^a   Sulkowski, Michael L ^b   Dempsey, Jack ^b   Storch, Eric A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79959666277     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2010.0108     Document Type: Article

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