A longitudinal study of cyberbullying: Examining risk and protective factors

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-181

  Fanti, Kostas A ^a   Demetriou, Andreas G ^a   Hawa, Veronica V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyber victimization; Cyberbullying; Media violence exposure; Psychopathic traits; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859495960     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2011.643169     Document Type: Article

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