Cyberbullying: Neither an epidemic nor a rarity

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 539-543

  Hinduja, Sameer ^a   Patchin, Justin W ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; Cyberbullying; School; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864688128     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2012.706448     Document Type: Article

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