Individual and social network predictors of the short-term stability of bullying victimization in the United Kingdom and Germany

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-240

  Sapouna, Maria ^a   Wolke, Dieter ^a,b   Vannini, Natalie ^c   Watson, Scott ^d   Woods, Sarah ^d   Schneider, Wolfgang ^c   Enz, Sibylle ^e   Aylett, Ruth ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^f HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 84861002494     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02022.x     Document Type: Article

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