Moral disengagement among bystanders to school bullying

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-257

  Obermann, Marie Louise ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; Guilty bystanders; Moral disengagement; Peer nominations; Self reports; Unconcerned bystanders

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960492557     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2011.578276     Document Type: Article

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