Cyberbullying in context: Direct and indirect effects by low self-control across 25 European countries

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-227

  Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^a   Machackova, Hana ^b   Sevcikova, Anna ^b   Smahel, David ^b   Cerna, Alena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Cyberbullying; Deviance; Problem behaviours; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859482558     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2011.644919     Document Type: Article

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