Longitudinal investigation of the relationship between bullying and psychosocial adjustment

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 730-743

  Stavrinides, Panayiotis ^a   Georgiou, Stelios ^a   Nikiforou, Militsa ^a   Kiteri, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Bullying; Psychosocial adjustment; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855913482     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2011.628545     Document Type: Article

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